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Actions	The Absent-Minded Beggar Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberI2118 TitleThe Absent-Minded Beggar Creator Rudyard Kipling (author)‎ DescriptionCommemorative cloth illustrating Rudyard Kipling's poem 'The Absent-Minded Beggar,' commissioned by the Daily Mail's proprietor Alfred Harmsworth to aid a fund-raising effort to benefit reservists and their dependents during the South African War, otherwise known as the Boer War. Set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, the song was an instant success. The first public performance was sung by John Coates, under Sullivan's baton, at the Alhambra Music Hall on 13 November 1899. Production date circa 1899 Object namecloth, commemorative Object category1.4

Object numberI2118

TitleThe Absent-Minded Beggar

DescriptionCommemorative cloth illustrating Rudyard Kipling's poem 'The Absent-Minded Beggar,' commissioned by the Daily Mail's proprietor Alfred Harmsworth to aid a fund-raising effort to benefit reservists and their dependents during the South African War, otherwise known as the Boer War. Set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, the song was an instant success. The first public performance was sung by John Coates, under Sullivan's baton, at the Alhambra Music Hall on 13 November 1899.

Production date circa 1899

Object namecloth, commemorative

Object category1.4

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