Foot Guard Quick Step, Arranged for the Piano Forte...

After a work byAfter a work by J. W. Glass American

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Danforth & Brewer American

Date1845

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 3/8 x 10in. (26.4 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (36.8 x 26.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionSheet music with a view of the Governor's Foot Guard assembled in front of the Old State House. Ranks of men in military uniform stand at attention holding muskets with fixed bayonets or swords. One man holds a flag. Musicians at the far left play musical instruments, including trumpets. An officer on a horse is in the street in front of the troops. The domed cupola and the roof of the Old State House are visible in the background. A statue of a woman with scales, representing the allegorical figure of Justice stands atop the dome. A balustrade and ornamental urns are on the roof. The lower part of the building is largely hidden by trees and an iron fence with stone posts.

Object number1995.182.185

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "FOOT GUARD QUICK STEP. / Arranged for the PIANO FORTE, and dedicated to / MAJOR COMMANDANT L.H. BACON, / FIRST COMPANY GOV'S. FOOT GUARD OF CONNECTICUT. / BY / C.S. GRAFULLA, N.Y." Lithographed text, lower center, "Enterd [sic] according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by Danforth & Brewer, in the Clerk's Office of the Disrict Court of Connecticut."
On verso, in pencil, lower right, old and new accession numbers and "Dwr 23".NotesTechnique Note: Printing is entirely lithographic, including all of the text on the cover and the music on the interior pages. (Finlay 12/30/2002)

Constituent Note: Danforth & Brewer operated a jewelry and music store in the Exchange Building at No. 6 State Street, Hartford. An advertisement for The Foot Guard Quick Step appeared in the Hartford Daily Courant on June 18, 1845.

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