Alfred Concanen (1835-1886) was one of the leading lithographers of the Victorian period, best remembered for his illustrated sheet music covers. He's discussed at some length in Nicholas Daly's Sensation and Modernity in the 1860s (which inspired this post).
- Concanen prints in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
- The British Library has a series of images devoted to "The Dark Girl Dress'd in Blue."
- "Les Pompiers de France" (scroll to the bottom).
- "The Pirates of Penzance Lancers" (about midway down).
- "Riviere's Quadrilles: Babil and Bajou" (about midway down; from the Calthrop Boucicault Collection).
- "Modern Advertising: A Railway Station," along with "A Railway Porter" and "The Railway Guard."
- "Croquet: Tempo Schottische" (scroll down).
- "Hops! Hops! Galop."
- "Torpedo Galop."
- "Awfully Clever."
- "The Parcels Post" (scroll down).
- A gentleman and a lady outside a music hall, plus other lithographs from the City of London.
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