The Original Caledonions
Date
Circa 1812
Code
CH/5/6/5/8
Extent
Single sheet of paper
Level
Item
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Engraved music cover page for 'The Original Caledonians', composed by G.M.S. Chivers, published by William Prowse, Cheapside, London. Circa 1812. Illustration of a man in a kilt playing a bagpipe, in the distance behind him stand men and women in regency dress. With text surrounded with decorative swirls 'The / ORIGINAL / CALEDONIANS / An Admired / highland / SET OF QUADRILLES / Arranged for the / PIANO FORTE OR HARP / Respectfully Dedicated / TO THE Scotch Nobility & Gentry. / BY / G.M.S. CHIVERS.' With price and publisher details below.
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