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Ref No	MWT/MUS/1/0874
Collection	Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
Title	The Automatic Battery
Name of creator	Baker, John S., composer
Date	1877-1880
Extent	1 sheet music
Description	Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “The Automatic Battery”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover features a lithograph of a man receiving an electric shock from a boxed unit battery, labelled “Electricity is Life, 1d”; the cover is signed “F. S. Moore” in the top right corner. All three stanzas are listed on the inside back cover.
Notes	Also includes a list of Francis & Day’s Newest Comic Songs on the back page.
	This item is in poor condition: creased, torn, and previously “repaired” with sellotape.
	Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019
Subject	Musical Theatre
	Comedy
	Music Hall
	Songs
PhysicalDescription	265 x 365mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person	Baker, John S., composer
	Maraville, George, lyricist
	Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, performer
	Banks, H. G., illustrator
Related Organisation	Francis Bros & Day, 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.
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