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Photo: Boston Imaging Digital Solutions; © Cape Ann Museum
inv. 201
Music sheet design
1840s
Pen on paper
5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19 cm)
Signed lower left (in pencil on a glued down piece of paper): Fitz H Lane; Inscribed lower right: Fitz H Lane / Marine artist of / Gloucester Mass
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass. (2013.19.9)
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Lithography: Sheet Music by other artists
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One of the first uses of lithography, after its invention in France in the late eighteenth century and its development in America, was for sheet music covers. The music itself was printed from engraved copper plates, which was necessary for the clarity and evenness demanded by the public for the music. However, lithography provided a quick and inexpensive way to provide enticing pictorial title pages, or covers, for sheet music. Pendleton's shop produced the first lithographic sheet music cover printed in the United States in 1826. Much of Lane's work at Pendleton's involved sheet music covers, and examples here by other artists show some of the conventions around the designs.

This information has been summarized from Boston Lithography 1825–1880 by Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback.

illustration
Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
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publication
Arouse ye gay comrades
Bufford (in image); Thayer (lith.)
1840
Parker & Ditson
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

Dedicated to the Tiger Boat Club.

Image: American Antiquarian Society

Also filed under: Bufford, J. H. Lith. – Boston »   //  Parker & Ditson, Pub. – Boston »   //  Thayer's, Lith. – Boston »   //  Tiger Boat Club »   //  Yacht & Small Pleasure Craft »

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illustration
Brightly, Boys, Brightly: A Rowing Quartet
Boston Public Library, Music Collection, 8050.44#12

Comp. Marshall S. Pike, Esq.

Image: Boston Public Library

Also filed under: Bufford, J. H. Lith. – Boston »

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publication
Clipper Polka
Aborsong, publisher
1851-1856
Paper, ink
13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 cm)
Peabody Essex Museum (M26784)

"composed and inscribed to Colonel Baquiere, Owner of the "America" Schooner, 1851-1856"

Image: Peabody Essex Museum

Also filed under: "America" (Schooner Yacht) »

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publication
Mammoth Cod Quickstep
Unknown
1839
T. Moore's Lithography, Boston
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
20 x 16 3/4 in (Framed)
Cape Ann Museum, Museum Purchase (2014.089.2)

Also filed under: Cod / Cod Fishing »   //  Johnston, David Claypoole »   //  Moore's, T. - Lith. - Boston »

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illustration
North-End Forever – Hull Street Guards
John Holloway
1838
Boston Public Library, Sheet Music Collection, S.80#12
Image: Boston Public Library
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artwork
Soft Glides the Sea, Bounding and Free
Pendleton's Lithography
1831
Lithographic sheet music
11 x 7 1/4 in.
Boston Athenaeum
Image: Boston Athenaeum

Also filed under: Pendleton's, Lith. – Boston »   //  Salmon, Robert »

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illustration
The America Schottisch
Wm. Hall & Son, publisher
Late 19th century
Ink, paper
13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 cm)
Peabody Essex Museum
Image: Peabody Essex Museum

Also filed under: "America" (Schooner Yacht) »

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illustration
The Clipper America Polka, sheet music cover
J.O. Sheppard, publisher
late 19th century
Ink on paper
13 x 10 inches
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. (M26750)
Image: Peabody Essex Museum

Also filed under: "America" (Schooner Yacht) »

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Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass.
Exhibition History
No known exhibitions.
Published References
No known published references.
Related Historical Materials

Lithography

Sheet Music by other artists
Record last updated July 7, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: "Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=201 (accessed on August 24, 2025).