Poster
ca. 1897 (made)
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Pictorial and typographic. The main image is of Pansy mid-way through a paper hoop in the air. She is surrounded by smaller images of flying trapeze feats as performed by The Flying Zedoras.
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Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | Tour poster advertising Alar The Human Arrow from Barnum and Bailey's Circus, in Conjunction with The Marvellous Flying Zedoras, c.1897. Pansy Chinery Collection. Gift of Ralph Chinery. |
Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. The main image is of Pansy mid-way through a paper hoop in the air. She is surrounded by smaller images of flying trapeze feats as performed by The Flying Zedoras. |
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Object history | Associated Production: The Flying Zedoras. Performers: Pansy Chinery (Alar the Human Arrow), The Flying Zedoras. ca. 1897. Performance category: circus, acrobatics, trapeze. Production type: tour. The wording on the poster reads: 'Alar the Human Arrow from Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth in her Terrific and Sensational Flight through the Air, Piercing a Target and being Caught by Another Artiste, Swinging a Distance of 40 Feet from the Bow. A Startling Novelty. In Conjunction with the Marvelous (sic) Flying Zedoras'. Pansy travelled with Barnum and Bailey's Circus in 1897. |
Production | Lithographer Courie? |
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Bibliographic reference | Circus! Circus! : Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Theatre Museum. London : V&A Museum : 1988
no. 122 |
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Accession number | S.23-1991 |
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Record created | July 23, 2010 |
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