| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0703 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Puzzles |
| Name of creator | Little Tich, 1867-1928, performer |
| Date | ©1882 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Puzzles“ appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted on the cover, in lithograph, in a dark, wearing a top-hat. Around the edges are inset scenes with captions - a man in a deer stalker and overcoat at a bar holding a plate, ‘The railway sandwich, lots of mustard, some bread, but, puzzle, Find the meat’; A barber with a bald man in the chair, ‘This sketch is dedicated to George Beauchamp’; A man walking up to a door holding a key, ‘Find the keyhole’; a fist-fight, ‘Find the Police’. |
| Notes | Spine has a sewn repair. |
| Back cover has a list of 'Chas, Sheard & Co.'s very latest and popular comic and other songs for smoking concerts'. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | McGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943, composer |
| Atkins, Norton, 1862-1902, lyricist |
| Little Tich, 1867-1928, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. London, publisher |
| Stannard & Son, imp. [assume artist] |
| H.G. Banks, lithography |
| 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). |
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| Level | Item |