WHERE HUDSON'S WAVE.

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2012.140 a-b

Description

Sheet music with title page; a) lithograph of figure in canoe on river; night; full moon; light reflected on calm water; mountains in background; at top center printed, "WHERE HUDSON'S WAVE."; at bottom center printed, "Lith. of Endicott 152 Fulton St.", "IDA, A SCENA,", "WRITTEN AND DEDICATED TO", "JOHN W. FRANCIS M.D.", "by", "GEORGE P. MORRIS.", "THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY", "JOSEPH PHILIP KNIGHT.", "NEW-YORK", "PUBLISHED BY FIRTH & HALL, no. 1, FRANKLIN SQ."; at bottom right printed, "Price 50 cts". b) music score pages 3-4, 5-6, and 7; music on front and verso of page 3 and page 5; text on page 3, music on page 7; title page (a) is not attached to three music pages (b).

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Firth & Hall, G. & W. Endicott

Date made

1839

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

L.2012.140

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13-13/16 in

Width

10-1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 13/16 x 10 1/16 in. (35.1 x 25.6 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Vertical crease, losses and pinholes along left edge where pages were attached to book; heavy foxing stains on all pages; water stain at bottom right corner and at top right edge; a): diagonal crease at bottom right; tear at center of right edge; b): fold at bottom right corner of page 3; stains (black dots) at bottom center of page 8.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

This object was accessioned in 2012, but it was acquired earlier [Jessa J. Krick, 4/12/2012].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B7

Note Type

Department

Note

Library