Fairest Flower so Palely Drooping – Greenwood Cemetery Entrance to the Grounds of the Church of Our Saviour (Sheet music cover)

1847
Not on view
Sheet music. View of Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, entrance to the grounds of the Church of Our Saviour.

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Object Information
  • Title: Fairest Flower so Palely Drooping – Greenwood Cemetery Entrance to the Grounds of the Church of Our Saviour (Sheet music cover)
  • Lithographer: Charles Currier (American, Roxbury (?), Massachusetts 1818–1887 Brooklyn, New York)
  • Artist: Image drawn and words written by Mary Balmanno (American, 1802–1875)
  • Author: Music composed by Augusta Browne (American (born Ireland), Dublin 1820–1882)
  • Publisher: Charles Holt, Jr. (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1847
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (18.8 × 15 cm)
    Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (32.6 × 24.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.901
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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