Sujet

Songs, Sketch of the Life of Blind Tom, ca. 1876. Creator: The Sun Book and Job Printing Establishment.

Légende

A pamphlet containing a summary of Blind Tom's life with lyrics to songs. Blind Tom Wiggins (1849-1908) was an African-American musician and child prodigy. The pamphlet is printed on off white paper with black ink and has thirty two pages. The front cover reads “SONGS, / SKETCH OF THE LIFE” at the top with a black-and-white image of Blind Tom. “TESTIMONIALS / FROM THE / MOST EMINENT COMPOSERS” is printed on the left side of the image and “AND OPINIONS OF THE / American and English / PRESS” is printed on the right side. Printed below the image is “OF / BLIND TOM / The Marvelous Musical Prodigy, / THE NEGRO BOY PIANIST, / WHOSE RECENT PERFORMANCES AT THE / Great St. James and Egyptian Halls, London, and Salle Hertz, Paris, / HAVE CREATED SUCH A PROFOUND SENSATION.” The back cover has “BLIND TOM'S CONCERTS / PROGRAMME” printed on it with lists of songs performed by Blind Tom in two columns.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_495

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,7Mo (2,1Mo) / 31,8cm x 47,8cm / 3759 x 5644 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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