Title

'Sweet angel, whisper low', 1900. Creator: A. H. C..

Caption

'Sweet angel, whisper low', 1900. Music by Blanche Gould Ebbert. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A07_017

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84,5Mb (3,5Mb) / 15,9in x 20,6in / 4769 x 6192 (300dpi)

Keywords

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