King of the Revels Lancers

Category

Library Item

Item no

36432

Title

King of the Revels Lancers

Description

Song sheet illustration for King of the Revels Lancers, composed by Warwick Williams.

Artist / maker

Banks, H.G.

Date

1893

Size

36.2 x 26.1 cm

Type

Music score; Reproduction

Location

Music Library

King of the Revels Lancers refers to the boisterous celebrations traditionally held in royal courts and infamous for ribald theatrical merriment. In the Victorian era jesters had a satirical role within musical entertainment. The illustration shows a grinning court jester in red perched on a human horse with his legs pointing backwards and a whip waving wildly in the air.

H.G. Banks was a well known colour lithographer of his time who worked with Alfred Concanen. H.G.Banks worked mainly in conjunction with the publishers Francis, Day & Hunter, who together were responsible for producing many popular music sheet covers illustrating a witty commentary on London life at the time.

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