Guy Fawkes

Guy fawkes song sheet cover

The highly illustrated front cover of Guy Fawkes song sheets. Publication, second-half of 19th century). There are 7 titles mentioned which are part of this series:

  • Sonnambul
  • Forty Thieve
  • Lord Lovel
  • The Lost Child
  • MacBeth
  • Alladin
  • Alonzo the Brave.


The songs within the series are part of Sam Cowell's Comic Songs, with Sam Cowell himself also incorporated into the illustrated cover.

Samuel Houghton Cowell (1820 to1864). Cannot date publication any more accurately than second-half of 19th century. Very similar item listed in a collection at the V&A.

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1113539/sam-cowells-comic-songs-lord-print-sam-cowell/

More biographical information on Samuel Cowell at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6492

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