| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0246 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | E Was A Perfect Gentleman. |
| Name of creator | Coborn, Charles, 1852-1945, performer |
| Date | 1897 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "'E Was A Perfect Gentleman.", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts an illustration of Charles Coborn wearing a brown jacket, a black bowler hat, and holding a smoking pipe. He is pointing behinds him, with an expression of disbelief on his face. To the top left is an image of a man trying to break into a safe; to the top right is an image of a man at a theatre, angrily waving a bottle of alcohol; to the middle left is an image of a man attacking a policeman with a crowbar. |
| Notes | The binding has completely seperated on the first folio |
| There is a small patch of discolouration on the 7th and 8th pages |
| On the back page is a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs, priced at two shillings each |
| On the back page is a note at the top in black ink, which reads "1897" |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 357 x 257 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Coborn, Charles, writer and composer |
| Banks, H. G., illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms & Co., publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| New York |
| 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 |