The Sparkling Polka by Thomas Baker (sheet music cover)
Within a border of simulated stone elements and leaves, this music cover offers a glimpse into the interiors of Horace Walter's Great Piano and Music Establishment which stood at 333 Broadway, north of White Street in lower Manhattan. A spacious piano showroom occupies the second floor where men and women inspect and play the instruments. On the first floor smaller pianos, guitars and harps are displayed and a crowd gathers at two front counters to buy sheet music stacked on partitioned shelves that reach to the ceilng.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Sparkling Polka by Thomas Baker (sheet music cover)
- Lithographer: Sarony & Company (New York, NY)
- Publisher: Horace Waters (New York, NY)
- Author: Related composer Thomas Baker (British, ca. 1820–1888)
- Date: 1855
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (33.8 × 25.5 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: 54.90.1596
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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