| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0865 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | There Isn’t Many Wives Like Mine |
| Name of creator | Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, composer, performer |
| Date | 1896 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled “There Isn’t Many Wives Like Mine”, appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The first page attributes the arrangement to John S. Baker. The cover is stamped “F.D.&H.”, and features lithographs of a woman, her hair fixed with a clothes peg in the top right corner; bathing a child in the top left corner; and stirring a large cooking pot in the bottom left corner. Harry Randall also appears, wearing a brown jacket and hat, with a red waistcoat. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Francis, Day, & Hunter’s Newest Comic Songs on the back page. |
| Lists both the Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road addresses for Francis, Day, & Hunter |
| Record created by volunteers during the Hands On History project in 2019 |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Comedy |
| Music Hall |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 255 x 345mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Randall, Harry, 1857-1932, composer, performer |
| Bateman, Edgar, lyricist |
| Banks, H. G., illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, 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 |