Ashley, Alfred Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Cricket on the hearth
Published / Created:
[1846?]
Call Number:
Gimbel/Dickens +H754 1
Image Count:
3
Description:
"The top half of the first page of this music is occupied by Alfred Ashley’s elaborate etching, ’The cricket’s invitation,’ inspired, as was the music, by Cricket on the hearth" --Podeschi.
The musical score with lyrics of a drinking song "The jolly Bacchanalians" with a copy of William Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation" which shows a large party of men smoking, drinking, and singing around a table with a large bowl in the center...
Alternative Title:
Jolly Bacchanalians
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietors & sold by J. Newbery at the Bible & Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard
Carpenter, J. E. (Joseph Edwards), 1813-1885, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dombey and Son, and Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Characters--Musical settings
Five songs with scores extracted from various publications including The British Muse (September, 1750) and Universal Magazine (Vol.VI, [1752]), all sung by various artists at Vauxhall Gardens in London England and two referencing Spring Gardens
