| Ref No | DDP/MUS/1/001 |
| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Title | The forty thieves |
| Name of creator | Cowell, Samuel Houghton, 1820-186 |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled “The forty thieves” appearing as three folio sheets (12 pages total). A central illustration on the cover depicts, in lithograph, an eastern scene in which two men, one wearing an eyepatch and carrying a sword appear to be having a discussion across a donkey laden with baskets that is held in-between. There are four men with spears looking on from behind. A caption below reads, ‘By Cassim’s donkey left outside, the robbers guess some wrong’. Around the central illustration are several others depicting variously, Sonnambula (sic), Forty thieves, Lord Lovel, The lost child, MacBeth, Alladin (sic) and Alonzo the Brave. |
| Notes | Pages are mostly separated along the fold. |
| Series: Sam Cowell's Comic Songs |
| Series: The Musical Treasury, No. not legible. |
| Pages are numbered (166-170) |
| Subject | Pantomime |
| Theatre |
| Music |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Cowell, Samuel Houghton, 1820-1864, composer |
| Caulfield, J., lyricist |
| Harroway, J., composer |
| Related Organisation | Davidson, 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 |