| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0494a |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The Road to Ruin |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "The Road to Ruin", appearing as four sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts a portrait of Charles Godfrey wearing a black suit, with white shirt and gloves. To the left of this is an illustration of several horse jockeys in a race; to the bottom is an illustration of a deck of playing cards, some dice, a folded piece of paper, an ink pot and pen, a brown dice cup, and a handgun. |
| Notes | The binding has completely seperated between the sheets |
| There are small tears throughout, particularly along the binding |
| There is an annotation in pencil along the top of the front cover, possibly reading "Chris G. H [illegible]" |
| The third page includes a list of "Francis & Day's Novelties", listing 8 songs titled "White Wings", "Sweethearts", "Ding Dong", "Sister Mary's", "Sunshine and Shade", "The Argyll", "Pizzicato", and "L'Arcadie" |
| The back page includes a list of "Francis and Day's Newest Comic Songs", priced at two shillings each. |
| There is an annotation in pencil at the top of the back page which reads "508". |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 341 x 250 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Bowyer, Fred., writer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | Francis Bros. & Day, 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 |