| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0358 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | How India Kept Her Word. |
| Name of creator | Dryden, Leo, 1863-1939, performer |
| Date | 1898 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "How India Kept Her Word.", appearing as one bifold folio sheet and two sheets (8 pages total). The front cover includes an illustration of a fight between two groups of people, with several injured and on the ground: one group are people of colour, wearing green military uniform and green turbans. They are holding bloody bayonets towards the other group, who are also people of colour but dressed in white clothes with brown jackets and red waistbands, some wearing white turbans and others wearing red headcoverings. This group is weilding swords, but are also carrying bayonets. The background is a hilly, rocky desert. |
| Notes | The front cover includes imagery that is racist and includes stereotypes used to negatively describe people of colour |
| There is a signature at the bottom right of the front page in purple ink, which reads "Leo Dryden" |
| The back page includes a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs, priced at two shillings each |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 360 x 250 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. |
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