The Atlantic Cable

Colour lithograph music sheet cover titled 'The Atlantic Cable Quadrille'. Unknown artist. Composed by John Thomson. Published by Hutchings & Romer. London. Circa 1866. Colour lithograph with all text presented in the form of cables. Top has a banner with the word 'QUADRILLE'. Below is a large globe with an American and British flag at either end of the top. On the globe is written ' THE / ATLANTIC / CABLE / BY'. Below the globe follows the composer's name. Globe has a cable border. Either side of lower end of globe shows a merman, possibly Neptune, and a mermaid. Globe is suspended above an expanse of water.