'Your King and Country Want You'
Paul Arthur Rubens (1875-1917)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
circa 1914 - circa 1918
Materials
Paper
Measurements
258 mm (width); 358 mm (height)
Place of origin
New Bond Street, 50
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666681
Summary
A music sheet, entitled 'Your King and Country Want You', comprising two separate pieces of cream paper printed in black ink. On the front cover is a printed line drawing of a woman with her arms outstretched beneath the title. The internal pages contain the printed score and lyrics printed in black ink. The back page features advertisments for Chappell and Co.
Marks and inscriptions
On the bottom right hand corner, inside an oval shape.: 'MUSIC, PIANOS, TUNINGS/ GEORGE WHITE KENSINGTON HIGH ST. W./ 27.' On the front cover: 'DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO/ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN./ YOUR KING AND COUNTRY/ WANT YOU/ The entire profits from the sale of/ this song will be devoted to/ QUEEN MARY'S/ 'WORK FOR WOMEN' FUND.'
Makers and roles
Paul Arthur Rubens (1875-1917), composer Chappell and Co Ltd., engraver and publisher