"The Royal Naval Exhibition Polka"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Bonheur, Theo; Cary, Alphonse
England, London
after 1891
paper
14 x 10-1/2 in.

Sheet music, "The Royal Naval Exhibition Polka"; composed by Theo Bonheur; published London by Alphonse Cary; dedicated to Admiral Sir William Dowell, K.C.B.; performed at the Royal Naval Exhibition (1891, London); red, white and blue cover lithograph of naval sailor at the rail of a ship, holding telescope and wearing hat labeled "VIC[TORY]", battleships in distance; rubberstamped at bottom "ALPHONSE CARY, OXFORD CIRCUS AVENUE, W."; 6 pages.

2008.93.16