| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0687a |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Turkey Rhubarb |
| Name of creator | Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Turkey Rhubarb” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted on the cover, dressed as a street vendor in an apron and fez. Slung from his neck is a tray proclaiming ‘Leybourne’s Turkey Rhubarb, manufactured by Robert Coombs’. |
| Notes | Back cover presents 'The rage at nobility's balls: copyright dance music, fantasias, etc. Superbly illustrated. Sold at half-price, post free.’ |
| Outer folio is torn along full length of the spine. |
| Front cover has an illegible signature. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Coombs, Robert, composer and lyricist |
| Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. London, publisher |
| Childs & Harris, lithographer. |
| 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 |