"Slaying the Deer"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1847
name: label: composer
content: Lover, Samuel
label: publisher
content: Firth, Hall & Pond
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Slaying the Deer.” The song was written and composed by Samuel Love and published by Firth, Hall, and Pond of New York, New York in 1847. The cover features an upper image of hunters and hounds chasing a deer, and a lower image of a man and woman riding together in a sleigh, which is all framed in a floral design. The lower image is titled “Sleighing the Dear,” a play on words on the song’s title referring to the romancing of a woman by taking her on a sleigh ride.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0227.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0227
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0227.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 32.385 cm x 24.13 cm