| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0659 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Jessie, The Belle At The Bar |
| Name of creator | Ware, George, composer, lyricist |
| Date | 1863-1898 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “Jessie, The Belle at the Bar”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The top of the cover page reads “Sung by Vance, Macarthy, Henri Clarke, Leybourne, Liston, F. French, Chas. Wilkins, Mrs. G. Ware, Mrs. F. R. Phillips, Miss Annie Adams, and Mrs. Barry”. George Leybourne is also known as Champagne Charlie. The cover features a large vignette of eight people around a bar counter, with a smaller illustration of eight other people around the top edge. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Charles Sheard & Co’s Copyright Songs (Comic and Sentimental), Duets, &c. on the back page. |
| The front and back cover sheets are completely detached. |
| Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019 |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Comedy |
| Music Hall |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 261 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Ware, George, composer, lyricist |
| Concanen, Alfred, illustrator |
| Vance, Alfred Glenville, 1838?-1888 |
| Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co Music Publishers & Printers |
| 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 |