| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0055 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | In a Cottage by the Sea |
| Name of creator | Barrett, Lester 1863-1928, performer, also known by Lesley Stuart
Tilley, Vesta, A.K.A. Matilda Powles, 'Lady de Frece' 1864-1952, performer |
| Date | 1895 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "In a Cottage by the Sea", appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Front cover main lithograph depicts, in the main panel, Lester Barrett in tweeds with a walking cane. Other panels depict the chorus lyrics as well as a landlady and landlord with the caption, "A simple old soul who somehow always wins a 'nap'" and a forlorn looking family group with the caption, "And they had looked forward to this holiday for years". |
| Notes | Thomas Lester, composer is likely to be a pseudonym for Lester Barrett. |
| Back cover has a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's "Newest Comic Songs" |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Thomas, Lester, composer |
| Barrett, Lester, 1863-1928, also known by Lesley Stuart, lyricist |
| Barrett, Lester, 1863-1928, also known by Lesley Stuart, performer |
| Tilley, Vesta, 1864-1952, performer, also known by Matilda Powles, 'Lady de Frece', performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, 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). |
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| Level | Item |