| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0494 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Mister Brown and the Venetian Blind |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer; Rickards, Harry, 1843-1911, performer |
| Date | 1895 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Mister Brown and the Venetian Blind", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover shows a man and a woman outside of a house, looking through a broken blind into the house. The illustration below shows the woman who was looking in, on the inside of the house holding an umbrella and saying "I beg your pardon, I thought you were my husband", looking at a man holding his head on the floor, and woman behind him, the man's partner. |
| Notes | The binding has completely seperated between the first folio |
| The back page includes a list of Francis, Day, & Hunter's Newest Comic Songs |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 360 x 259 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Harrington, J. P., writer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| 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 |