Not on display

Come live with me and be my love

Score
ca. 1839 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
M. & N. Hanhart (printer)
Charles Dance (author)
Henry Rowley Bishop (composer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Music sheet the song Come live with me and be my love, sung by Madame Vestris at the Theatre Royal Olympic, probably on 1st April 1839. The song is from Mr Charles Dance's drama Izaak Walton, composed by Henry R. Bishop.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Score
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Score
  • Print
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Music
  • Scores
  • Prints
Titles
  • Come live with me and be my love (assigned by artist)
  • Izaak Walton (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Music sheet for the song Come live with me and be my love, sung by Madame Vestris, from the drama Izaak Walton.
Physical description
Music sheet for song Come live with me and be my love, composed by Henry R. Bishop. Front cover illustrated in black and white with full-length portrait of a woman, probably Madame Vestris in character; in the background is a river bank, with plants and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32cm
  • Width: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Come live with me and be my love / Sung by Madame Vestris, / At the Theatre Royal Olympic, / in Mr. Charles Dance's Drama of / Izaak Walton / Composed by Henry R. Bishop / M & N Hanhart. lith Printers, 64 Charlotte St. Rathbone Pl. / Ent. Sta. Hall / Pr. 2/6'

    Note
    Printed on front cover.

  • 'Olympic April 1, 1839'

    Note
    Handwritten in pencil on front cover.

  • 'Given by / L.E. Berman Esq. / January 1939'

    Note
    Handwritten in blank in on back cover.

Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history
Given to the Enthoven Collection by L.E. Berman in 1939.
Subjects depicted
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
Richard Tauber
Renee Bullard
Literary references
  • Come live with me and be my love
  • Izaac Walton
Summary
Music sheet the song Come live with me and be my love, sung by Madame Vestris at the Theatre Royal Olympic, probably on 1st April 1839. The song is from Mr Charles Dance's drama Izaak Walton, composed by Henry R. Bishop.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.65: 1 to 4 - 2012

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2012
Record URL
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