HUDSON - FULTON MARCH

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2008.122

Description

Sheet music comprised of two bound paper sheets; full-color title page with image of a Native American woman holding a torch aloft as she sits in a canoe and holds an oar in her other hand; behind her in a vignette framed with foliate shapes is a panoramic scene of the Hudson River with ships, the Palisades and Manhattan Island in the foreground extending to the Hudson Highlands in the background; on the prow of the canoe are two circular insets of the Half Moon and the Clermont; text above and below image: "HUDSON-FULTON / MARCH / By / J. Louis von der Mehden, Jr. / [the artist's signature] T. SINDELAR / CARL FISCHER / COOPER SQUARE / NEW YORK / Compliments of / HEARN / "DRY GOODS" "14TH STREET NEW YORK" / JAS. A. HEARN & SON -- established 1827"; second page has four staff lines of music with text above and below; third and fourth pages have six staff lines of music and lyrics each.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

J. Louis von der Mehden Jr.

Attribution

Composer

Artist

Thomas A. Sindelar

Attribution

Artist

Manufacturer

Carl Fischer

Date made

1909

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Racette list #

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13-3/4 in

Width

10-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (34.9 x 27.6 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

J. A. Hearn & Son

Notes

Retailer

Related Entries

Notes

L.2012.152 - Music, sheet - Identical

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial