| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0357 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | What Britishers Are Made Of! |
| Name of creator | Dryden, Leo, 1863-1939, performer |
| Date | 1894 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "What Britishers Are Made Of!", appearing as 5 loose sheets (10 pages total). The front cover includes an illustrated portrait of Leo Dryden wearing a black suit jacket and waistcoat, and a white shirt and tie, looking to the left; this is positioned at the top right of the page. Below this is an illustration of several white men wearing North American and cowboy-style clothes, hiding behind a dead horse - next to which is potentially a bison skull - and shooting at a group of people in front of them. Some of the white men are wounded and on the floor. The group being shot at are depicted as black tribal warriors, wearing white cloths and holding spears and shields. They are running at the white men and are flailing their arms. |
| Notes | The front cover includes imagery that is racist and includes stereotypes used to negatively describe people of colour |
| The back page includes a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs priced at 2 shillings each |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 357 x 260 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Harrington, J. P., writer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Banks, H. G., illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms, 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 |