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Vauxhall Gardens

Poster
09/1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
S. G. Fairbrother and Son (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Typographic poster with red and black lettering


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleVauxhall Gardens (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising entertainments at the Royal Gardens Vauxhall in the week beginning the 1st of September 1851
Physical description
Typographic poster with red and black lettering
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.6cm
  • Poster width: 50cm
Object history
Associated Production: Entertainments. Performers: Hernandez, Palmyre Annato, Arthur Nelson, Francisque Populaire, Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee (equestrians), Monsieur Foucault (fire and water sports), Madame Antonio (equilibrist), Signor Brabury (tightrope act), The Algerine Family. Singers: Miss Pearce, Signor Delavanti, John Herbert, Mr. J.W. Sharp. Royal Vauxhall Gardens, London. 1-5.9.1851. Performance category: ballooning , equestrian, music, fire acts, water acts, equilibrist, slack rope, tightrope act, fireworks, illuminations.
Production
Bow Street
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2180-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1167174/vauxhall-gardens-poster-s-g-fairbrother/
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