| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0583 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Practical impossibilities |
| Name of creator | Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Date | 1898 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Practical Impossibilities” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Front cover depicts the performer, in lithograph, lying on his back, reading a newspaper, on top of a suspension bridge spanning the Atlantic between England and America. |
| Notes | Front cover bears an ink stamp, FD&H. |
| Back cover has a list of "Francis, Day & Hunter's Specialities." |
| Outer folio is torn along the full length of the spine. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hayden Clarendon, J., lyricist and performer |
| Le Brunn, George, 1863-1905, composer |
| Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, 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). |
| 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 |