<I>Tom, The Blind Negro Boy Pianist, Only 10 Years Old</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1860
name: label: Published by
content: Horace Waters, American, 1845 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Thomas Greene Wiggins, American, 1849 - 1908
notes: label: Description
content: Engraved sheet music, 5 pages. The front cover's title reads "TOM / The Blind Negro Boy Pianist / Only 10 Years Old" and has an illustration of a boy in dark jacket with white collar and cuffs, standing with his arm on a table. He holds his hat in the other hand.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Sheet music for Blind Tom's songs the Oliver Gallop and Virginia Polka
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Child musicians
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Folk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Polka (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.57.26
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (34 x 26.5 cm)