Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Buffalo (made)

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.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Circus
Acrobatics
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
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.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 72.7cm
  • Poster width: 107cm
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?
Subjects depicted
The Flying Zedoras
Chinery, Pansy
Bibliographic reference
Circus! Circus! : Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Theatre Museum. London : V&A Museum : 1988 no. 122
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.23-1991

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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