Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

William S. and John B. Pendleton were born in New York. The Pendletons operated various engraving and lithography firms in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia from 1825 to 1836. They are often considered to be among the founders of commercial lithography in the United States.

There are approximately twenty-three items in the collection for which the Pendletons provided the illustrations.

Illustrations by the Pendletons in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 13 no. 10	Bunker Hill Quick Step / by J. Friedheim, conductor of the New-England Band ; arranged for the piano forte by Ch. Zeuner	Boston : H. Prentiss, 1836	None	Bunker Hill Monument / Pendleton's Lithography
Box 11 no. 38	I Will Come To Thee / the poetry taken from the Literary Souvenir ; the music composed by Geo. Hargreaves	New York : J. L. Hewitt, between 1830 and 1835	None	Sunset over a bay, with four men in foreground on shore, a two-masted schooner in the bay, and a lighthouse on the opposite shore / Pendleton's Lithography
Box 11 no. 46	The Moon Is Up! : a serenade in answer to "Rise Gentle Moon" / written by Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson ; the music by T. B. Phipps	New York : Bourne, between 1827 and 1832	206	Moonlit scene of a chevalier singing before a castle / Browne, del. ; Lith. of Pendleton
Box 11 no. 47	The Moon Is Up! : a serenade in answer to "Rise Gentle Moon" / written by Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson ; the music by T. B. Phipps	New York : J. L. Hewitt, between 1830 and 1835	None	Moonlit scene of a chevalier singing before a castle /Pendleton's Lith.
Box 29 no. 23	The Motherless : sung by Miss H. Cawse / composed by G. A. Hodson	New York : James L. Hewitt & Co., between 1830 and 1835	None	Woman showing a locket to a man / Pendleton's Lithography
Box 11 no. 48	The Mountaineer's Return : evening song of the Alpine peasants / composed & arranged by L. Devereaux	New York : James L. Hewitt, between 1830 and 1835	None	Two young men returning to their village from the mountains / Pendleton's Lithogr.
Box 11 no. 49	The Muleteer's Return : ballad / composed & dedicated to his friend Mr. John Gifford by S. Nelson	New York : Firth & Hall, 1832	None	Young woman standing before a brook with a muleteer in the background / Wm. Browne ; Lith. of Pendleton
Box 13 no. 36	Rangers' Trip to Westborough, or Lion Quick Step : respectfully dedicated to Capt. Chas. C. Paine and the officers and members of the Rifle Rangers, Boston / composed by James Hooton	Boston : C. Bradlee, 1834	None	Lion on a knoll overlooking column of soldiers standing on a street in Westborough, Mass. before a hotel and with a railroad in the background / J. H. Bufford delt. ; Pendleton's Lithogs.
Box 11 no. 66	The Shepherd Minstrel : a Swiss ballad with an accompaniment for the piano-forte / written & composed by William Ball	New York : J. L. Hewitt, between 1830 and 1835	None	Swiss village with mountains in the background / Pendleton's Lithog.
Box 13 no. 44	The Tiger Quick Step : respectfully dedicated to Capt. E. Weston and the officers and members of the Boston Light Infantry : performed for the first time at their anniversary 1834 by the Boston brigade Band / composed by T. Comer	Boston : C. Bradlee, 1834	None	Leaping tiger in the foreground; placed beneath the tiger in the background are troops marching in formation / Pendleton's Lithography