Printed Ephemera — C. 1869
The Grecian Bend
Sheet music for the popular comic song 'The Grecian Bend' popularised by the music hall singer G.W. Moore. The title refers to the popular term used from about 1869 to describe the characteristic bending forwards posture forced upon women wearing the new fashionable tight corsets and bustles. A woman in the posture of the 'Grecian Bend' is represented on the colour lithograph cover of the sheet music.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2001.32/1
- Object name:
- The Grecian Bend
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Hopwood and Crew
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- Related places:
42 Bew Bond Street, London [City of Westminster], City of Westminster
- Production date:
- c. 1869
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 340 mm, W 255 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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