Object Details
- composer, lyricist
- Thornton, James
- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon” that was written and composed by James Thornton and published by Frank Harding in 1892. The plain white cover features a blue image of a woman on a stepladder looking up at the moon, which has a face in it. The cover notes that the song was “written for and sung by Bonnie Thorton at Tony Pastor’s Theatre, New York.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1892
- ID Number
- 1983.0320.02
- accession number
- 1983.0320
- catalog number
- 1983.0320.02
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_670710
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9854-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
