Tom, The Blind Negro Boy Pianist, Only 10 Years Old: Museum Object and Cultural History
Tom, The Blind Negro Boy Pianist, Only 10 Years Old: Date: 1860. Published by: Horace Waters, American, 1845 - 1949. Subject of: Thomas Greene Wiggins, American, 1849 - 1908.
The object in the museum catalogue
Engraved sheet music, 5 pages. The front cover's title reads "TOM / The Blind Negro Boy Pianist / Only 10 Years Old" and has an illustration of a boy in dark jacket with white collar and cuffs, standing with his arm on a table. He holds his hat in the other hand.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1860
- Published by: Horace Waters, American, 1845 - 1949
- Subject of: Thomas Greene Wiggins, American, 1849 - 1908
- Type: portraits
- Type: sheet music
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (34 x 26.5 cm)
- Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Child musicians
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Folk (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Polka (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.57.26
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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