Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1938-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The image shows the troupe of fifteen performers, two of them tumbling in the ring, two of them acting as catchers and eleven of them in a human pyramid, standing on each others' shoulders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, featuring The Wazzan Abyssinian Whirling Arabs, Olympia, 1938 to 1939
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image shows the troupe of fifteen performers, two of them tumbling in the ring, two of them acting as catchers and eleven of them in a human pyramid, standing on each others' shoulders.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 51.1cm
  • Poster width: 76.4cm
Object history
This poster was issued during the run of the circus since says 'Now Open'. A note by the printer on the poster notes that this is 'Design H'. Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performers: Wazzan Abyssinian Whirling Arabs (acrobats). Olympia, Kensington, London. 22.12.1938-26.1.1939. Performance category: circus.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.2248-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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