La Lutte Artistique / Quadrille (The Artistic Struggle / Quadrille)

printed by Guillet, Paris, lithographer (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
genre painter, illustrator and etcher (artist role)
Recto: l. l. (signed) J Worms ; u. c.: La Lutte Artistique / Quadrille; l. c.: Pour le Piano / par E. Marie / à Paris, Margueritat, Editeur, Boulevart du Temple 43; l. r.; Prix. 4.f 50.c; l. r.: (oval stamp, in blue) Margueritat / Musique / et Instruments / 43, Boult du Temple; l. r.: (on image itself) LITH. GUILLET. PARIS; verso: (last page of score, in pencil) l. l.: C567/9 (inscription)
Lithograph. (medium)
Cover of score shows signs of wear on right edge, with stains and small edge tears, but the cover has been lined with a paper support. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie P. Ritti, Paris, 28 April 1939. (provenance)
Trombone, Flute, Bassoon, Violin, French horn, Fluegelhorn or Cornet, Clarinet, Ophicleide, Oboe?, Double bass (instrument)
19th century (century)
Animals (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.