| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0260 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The working man's Sunday at home |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “The working man’s Sunday at home”, appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover has a central portrait, in lithograph, of the performer in morning suit. Surrounding images depict a man a on his knees, sleeves rolled up, scrubbing a floor with the caption, ‘Father’s recreation’; A man in top-hat with an umbrella with the caption, ‘The poor relation who “woles” the Sunday’s joint’; A family scene with a man in bed, a woman bathing a baby and an infant crawling on the floor and pulling the tail of a cat, looking startled at the entrance of a woman in outdoor dress carrying papers marked ‘tracts’, with a cation ‘Let us sing hymns’; a milk vendor pushing a trolley and crying out his wares, ‘The milk fiend who yodels’. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of "New comic songs" on back cover |
| Both folios are separated along the length of the spines. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Social commentary |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Egerton, Frank, composer and lyricist |
| Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Stannard, W. T. lithographer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | B.Mocatta & Co., London, publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| Category | Sheet music |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |