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Description Cover for sheet music of the "The Hippopotamus Polka", published in the early 1850's (see en:Obaysch) by W. Hall & Son, 259 Broadway, New York. The song was by Louis St. Mars, while the illustration of the young lady dancing the polka with a hippo was by John H. Sherwin from the lithography studios of Napoleon Sarony
Date early 1850s
Source http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/music/sheet.html
Author John H. Sherwin
Napoleon Sarony  (1821–1896)  wikidata:Q965637
 
Napoleon Sarony
Alternative names
Sarony Napoleon
Description American lithographer and photographer
Date of birth/death 9 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Quebec New York City
Work period 1841 Edit this at Wikidata–1890 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q965637

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