Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic. The image shows Huzarina in plumed headdress and ballet-length skirt standing astride four grey horses, with a total of nine in hand, performing Ducrow's great act the Courier of St. Petersburg.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, featuring Huzarina's Sensational Ride, Chelmsford 1937
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image shows Huzarina in plumed headdress and ballet-length skirt standing astride four grey horses, with a total of nine in hand, performing Ducrow's great act the Courier of St. Petersburg.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.2cm
  • Poster width: 101.7cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performer: Huzarina (equestrienne). Writtle Road, Chelmsford. 10.4.1937-14.4.1937. Performance category: circus, menagerie.
Associated object
S.1461-2014 (Version)
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.145-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161779/poster-w-e-berry/
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