| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0353 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | "Going Home" Or The Miner's Return. |
| Name of creator | Dryden, Leo, 1863-1939, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled ""Going Home" Or The Miner's Return.", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts Leo Dryden wearing a blue and white pinstripe suit, with a white shirt and cowboy-style hat, a black cummerbund, and a white and blue spotted handkercheif around his neck. He is holding his hands on his cummerbund and stood with his feet apart. He is at a dockyards, with a large black sailed ship behind him named 'The Wanderer', with men running around on the ship. Behind the ship is a large building, which has the word "Custom" on it. Behind Leo is a chest of luggage, with the label "Leo Dryden Passenger to London, Eng." |
| Notes | There is a long strip of white tape along the binding to keep the folios secure |
| There is a faint pencil mark on the top page, which reads "76" |
| There is an embossed stamp on the bottom right of the front page, reading "H. Roberts... Kendal... Bookseller Stationer Musicseller" |
| There are dark spots and some discolouration throughout |
| The back page includes Maynard's List of New Popular Comic Songs & Ballads |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 353 x 260 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Harrington, J. P., writer |
| Dryden, Leo, composer |
| Banks, H. G., illustrator |
| Related Organisation | R. Maynard, 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 |