Old Prints & Pictures - part 2

This came in with the framed animal prints but we thought it deserved a post of it's own.

This is larger than the other prints measuring 13 by 18 inches (34 by 46 cms approx)
The print is the cover piece from the "The fairest of the fair" sheet music and the jolly bearded one needs to be loved.
£34
Such a happy smiley beard.

It seems to be from 1856, written by William Brough this piece for the stage was published by Thomas German Reed. 
William Brough (28 April 1826 – 13 March 1870) was an English writer. As a dramatist, he wrote some of the earliest German Reed Entertainments, as well as Victorian burlesques, farces and other pieces.

Here is a link to some of the sheet music itself if you fancy having a sing song


Bye for now
BG