Sheet Music Cover for Musard's Polichinelle or "The Royal Punchinello Quadrilles" English, 1843 The George Speaight Archive The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Polichinelle is the French term for Pulcinella (or
Pulcinello), the Italian Commedia dell’Arte character who became known as
Punchinello in England, and, then, later Mr. Punch. This 1843 sheet music cover for a group of songs
called, “Polichinelle, or, The Royal Punchinello Quadrilles” by Musard (published
by R. Cocks & Co.) depicts Mr. Punch with his wife Judy who holds their
famed, put-upon baby. As is traditionally
the case, the baby’s face is that of his hook-nose, hunch-backed, portly puppet
papa.
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