Sheet Gallery

Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre

Promotional music sheet for Daisy Bell music hall song of 1892 by Harry Dacre and sung by Katie Lawrence shown here in typical cycling costume. This was the most famous song written about cycling although, alas, there is no image of the bicycle made for two. Date: 1892

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Music sheet cover for Queen of the May Quadrille

Music sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble). An allegorical female figure is depicted to represent the month of May, wearing a pink chiffon dress and with bare feet. She is wearing pink roses in her hair, and holds up a garland of roses with which to crown the lucky girl chosen to be Queen of the May

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Cliquot by Frank W Green and J Riviere

Promotional music sheet for Cliquot music hall song of 1870 by Frank W. Green & J. Riviere and sung by the ever-popular Alfred Vance, billed here as The Great Vance'. Illustrated by Alfred Concanen, it shows a very dapper Vance in a red coat and white breeches with a cane and wearing a top hat at a jaunty angle and sporting a waxed moustache, This was one of several songs of the time in praise of particular champagne brands. Date: 1870

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