| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0576 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | There's an exhibition |
| Name of creator | Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Date | 1900 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “There’s an exhibition” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover depicts, in lithograph, a caricatured image of the performer the performer with a very large head, wearing a top-hat. There are two inset scenes. One shows a man of the cloth smiling, walking with a young lady on either arm who look to be engaged in conversation with him, leaving a group of children behind them: the caption is, ‘They leave the dear children to enjoy themselves while they study nature.’ . The other shows a large group of women crowding through a door with “Divorce Court” signed above: the caption reads, ‘They poke their noses into a heap that even makes the lawyers weep.’ |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of the publisher's "New and funny comic songs." |
| Outer folio is torn along almost the full length of the spine. |
| Song writing and composition is credited to ''the author of "Tableaux Vivants"'. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Jefferson, James, arranger |
| Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. London, publisher |
| H.G. Banks, lithographer. |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, 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). |
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| Level | Item |