| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0152 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Grown Up Childrens Games |
| Name of creator | Campbell, Herbert, 1844-1904, performer and Nicholls, Harry, 1852-1926, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Grown Up Childrens Games", appearing as two bifold folio sheets bound with red fabric (8 pages total). The front cover depicts both adults and children playing at 'games'. To the top left is an illustration of a boy in a big suit riding a wooden horse and holding a whip, whilst a girl pulls the wooden horse in front. To the right of this is an illustration of a jockey riding a horse in a race. To the middle left is an illustration of a girl playing with dolls and a dollhouse. To the right of this is an illustration of a mother playing with her child. To the bottom middle is an illustration of a baby crying in a high chair with the caption "Eaten Too Much", and to the right of this is an illustration of a man holding a candle and looking drunk with the captain "Too Much Salmon". |
| Notes | Also includes a list of J. B. Cramer's New & Popular Comic & Humorous Songs on the back page, further categorised into Humorous Songs, Banjo Songs, Comic Songs, Ladies' Comic Songs, and Ladies' Humorous Songs |
| The edges of the pages are torn in various places |
| On the front cover is an illegible note written in pencil, perhaps someones name |
| Lots of discolouration on some pages |
| An imprint of a signature in blue ink has stained the back page |
| The fabric binding has some small holes in it and is a bit loose at the bottom |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 356 x 260 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Nicholls, Harry, 1852-1926, writer |
| Slaughter, Walter A., composer |
| Related Organisation | J. B. Cramer & Co., 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 |