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Title(s):
Washing day : a proper new ballad for wet weather / the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.
Published/Created:
Birmingham : Printed at the Lithographic Press by W. Hawkes Smith, [ca.1821]
Physical Description:
1 score ([4] p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
M1977.H7 W37 1821+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9669883
Classification:
Music (printed)
Notes:
Date of publication from Twyman.
Song for voice and piano, arranged on two (curvy) staves with interlinear words.
With pictorial title page and music.
First line: The sky with clouds was overcast.
Twyman, M. Early lithographed music, p. 386
BAC: British Art Center copy is of the earlier of the two printings identified by Twyman, with 'Birmingham' in open italic (rahter than upright) capitals.
Subject Terms:
Ballads, English.
Humorous songs -- Great Britain.
Lithographic Press -- Printer.
Lithography -- Specimens -- 1821.
Popular music -- To 1901.
Songs with piano.
Contributors:
Smith, W. Hawkes (William Hawkes), ill.
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