O! Could I Teach Yon Warbling Bird.: Museum Object and Cultural History
O! Could I Teach Yon Warbling Bird.: date made: 1875. maker: Vance, Fred T.. maker: Vance, Parsloe and Company.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white comic print of a thin man standing beside a fence and tree containing a bird. He plays a guitar and sings along with the bird. This is one of over 100 in a series of comic parodies of popular songs.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1875
- maker: Vance, Fred T.
- maker: Vance, Parsloe and Company
- Object Name: lithograph
- Object Type: Lithograph
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: image: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Comic prints
- Subject: Chronology: 1870-1879
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: DL.60.2841
- catalog number: 60.2841
- accession number: 228146
- Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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