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O! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly!

Music
ca. 1838 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Music sheet cover for 'O! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly!', from a musical version of The Tempest, arranged by S. Nelson, sung by Miss P. Horton, published by Jeffreys & Co., ca. 1838.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleO! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Music sheet cover for 'O! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly!', from a musical version of The Tempest, arranged by S. Nelson, sung by Miss P. Horton, published by Jeffreys & Co., ca. 1838.
Physical description
Cover of the sheet music for 'Oh! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly!'. Image shows Priscilla Horton as Ariel and William Charles Macready as Prospero, a verse from The Tempest is printed underneath the image, and the credits for the music and publication are printed underneath this.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.2cm
  • Width: 24.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
'STANDARD SONGS NO. 3. / (ENGLAND) / "O! BID YOUR FAITHFUL ARIEL FLY" / ARIEL. Pardon master: I will be correspondent to command & do my spiriting gently. / PROSPERO. Do so; & after two days I will discharge thee. / ARIEL. That's my nobel master ! what shall I do? say what? what shall I do? / ACT 1st SCENE 2nd / SUNG IN THE / TEMPEST / BY / MISS P. HORTON , / To whom it is dedicated by the Arranger / S. NELSON. / Ent. Sta. Hall. / Price 2/6 / M & N Hanhart, Lith, Printers, 64, Charlotte St Rathbone Pl. / London, Jeffreys & Co. 31, Frith St. Soho. / No 1 STANDARD SONGS (ENGLAND) "ARIELS SONG" WHERE THE BEE SUCKS / COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS' (Printed on front of cover)
Credit line
Given by John Hall
Subjects depicted
Literary references
  • O! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly
  • The Tempest
Summary
Music sheet cover for 'O! Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly!', from a musical version of The Tempest, arranged by S. Nelson, sung by Miss P. Horton, published by Jeffreys & Co., ca. 1838.
Collection
Accession number
S.49-2012

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Record createdFebruary 9, 2012
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