Music sheet cover for Queen of the May Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble). An allegorical female figure is depicted to represent the month of May, wearing a pink chiffon dress and with bare feet. She is wearing pink roses in her hair, and holds up a garland of roses with which to crown the lucky girl chosen to be Queen of the May
Picture No
10412851
Media ID
48378745
Size
2850px x 4005px
(6.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration on a music sheet
Date
circa 1840s
