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Oh! Show me some blue distant isle

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1841

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

GUSN

GUSN-191926

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Description

Cover depicts an idyllic island surrounded by a decorative floral border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

songs (document genre)
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE324

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.10.TMP.006

Record Details

Originator

Dempster, William R. (William Richardson), 1809-1871 (Composer)
Coates, Reynell, 1802-1886 (Lyricist)
Thayer & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Nunns, John F. (Publisher)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other People

Chickering, J.

Subjects

pastoral scenes

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Pastoral scenes
Dedicated to J. Chickering, Esq.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Penn.

Publisher

John F. Nunns

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

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