File:Hippopotamus-polka-early1850s.jpg

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Summary

Description

Cover for sheet music of the "The Hippopotamus Polka", published in the early 1850's (see en:Obaysch) by W. Hall & Son, 259 Broadway, New York. The song was by Louis St. Mars, while the illustration of the young lady dancing the polka with a hippo was by John H. Sherwin from the lithography studios of Napoleon Sarony

Date

early 1850s

Source

http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/music/sheet.html

Author

John H. Sherwin



Description	American photographer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	1821	9 November 1896
Location of birth	Quebec
Work location	New York
Authority control	WorldCat

Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

This work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.

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