SUNNYSIDE WALTZ

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

SUNNYSIDE WALTZ

Entry/Object ID

L.2006.21 a-b

Description

Sheet music comprised of two bound, one insert paper sheets; title page with lithograph scene of Sunnyside with trees in foreground, two women and a dog on the curving drive; a steamboat and sailboats on the Hudson in the background; the illustration and text are within a thin black frame; text at top above image: "SUNNYSIDE WALTZ"; scrolling lines emanate from the S and W; beneath image: "Sunnyside - Residence of Washington Irving. / composed and dedicated to / MISS ELLA FORD / OF AUGUSTA GEO. / by / "HENRY T. OATES." " Price 25 cts. nett." / "Charleston, So. Ca. GEORGE OATES 234 & 236 King St." "Philadelphia EDWARD L. WALKER, 160 Chesnut St." / "Augusta, Geo. GEORGE A. OATES & Co. Broad St." "Boston W. H. OAKES 383 1/2 Washington St." / "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by George Oates in the Clerk's office of the District Court of South Carolina"; title page, page three and page five all have on the bottom edge a barely discernable embossed stamp: "JAMES COU__HOVEN" "MUSIC STORE"; back of title page is blank; third page has three staff lines of music with text above and below set within a wavy line frame with small flowers at each corner; fourth and fifth pages have five staff lines of music set within the same wavy line frames; page 6, the back cover is blank.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Henry T. Oates

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

George Oates

Date made

1850

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slight discoloration along edges throughout especially BR corners; brown spots and discoloration on back cover.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Parlor

Note Type

Department

Note

Library