Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0027
AltRefNoMWT/MUS/1/0027
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleTom Bowling's family
Name of creatorArthur, Wallis 1866-1956
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionCover for sheet music titled 'Tom bowling's family.' The cover has an illustration in the centre with Tom Bowling wearing a suit with tailcoats, a white tie and white gloves with something in his hands performing a piece. Behind him there are three portraits of people, the on the left of Bowling is a man waring a sailors suit and a hat, he is a 3/4 portrait and he is smiling, the title card on the frame reads 'Mr bowling Senr, A dry old salt.' . The portrait behind Bowling is a portrait of a woman who looks like a man dressed as a woman, wearing an orange dress with a white collar, she has brown curly hair and is wearing a hat. The title card on the frame reads 'Mrs Bowling, Her form was the manliest beauty.'. On the far right of Bowling there is a picture of a ballerina but it has been covered up with planks of wood that read 'By order of the L.C.C' but you can still see her face, she is young and is wearing wings and a floral head piece. The title card on the frame reads 'Miss Bowling as she appeared at T.R Plymouth.'.
NotesRecord created by volunteers.
SubjectMusical theatre
Music Hall
Public entertainment
Cabaret songs
Family relationships
Comedy
PhysicalDescription353 x 255mm black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonArthur, Wallis, 1866-1956, Performer
Sewell, J. W, lyricist
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, publisher
T.B Harms, Publisher
Related PlaceLondon
New York
CategorySheet music
Access conditionsThis 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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