| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0512 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The Last Shot |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Date | 1894 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "The Last Shot", appearing as four bifold folio sheets (16 pages total). The front cover depicts a portrait of Charles Godfrey wearing a brown military uniform, a white cowboy hat, and pointing a gun at the viewer. At the top is a depiction of the Matabele campaign, with black native soldiers holding spears and shields attacks a group of white soldiers. There are dead soldiers and injured white and black soldiers. |
| Notes | The front cover states that this is "An original monologue founded on incidents in the Matabele Campaign", of which there is a photocopy of these events from an unknown book |
| The front cover includes imagery that is racist and includes stereotypes used to negatively describe people of colour |
| The binding is loose throughout and has seperated most folios |
| There is a small tear on the front and back pages |
| The back page includes a list of "Francis, Day & Hunter's Newest Popular Songs" priced at two shillings each |
| The back page includes a pencil annotation in the bottom right, reading "(HII) - IH" |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 354 x 257 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Wilmott, Charles, 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 |