[America] Revd. J. B. Dickson (lyricist); L. S. D. Rees (composer)
The American Flag. A New National Lyric.
Gilmour & Dean, Litho.. [1862]. Rare sheet music, with front cover lithograph printed in five colors, on wove paper. 34.4 x 23.4 cm (image). 5 pp. A patriotic, Unionist sheet music illustration, showing Liberty standing on a pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, a white tunic over a long gown emblazoned with stars, and a red sash. She holds a sword in her right hand and a staff with American flag in her left. Lower edge trimmed just below the author's name and the blank price line, upper and right edges chipped, otherwise fine, the colors remarkably bright and well preserved.Reference: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1862-4.
Sold together with two additional pieces of flag-related sheet music, as follows:
Hurrah for the stripes and the stars / by J. A. Barry. New York: Horace Waters, 1855. 5 pp. Disbound.
The Flag of Fort Sumter / National Song & Chorus / Poetry by J. Harry Hayward...by Thomas D. Sullvan. New York: John J. Daly. 5 pp. (7944)
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