Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

ca.1890 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a clown's head in the 'C' of the word Circus, and vignettes of four circus acts with a compilation of images of circus acts in the lower portion of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Touring poster advertising F.W. Wyllie's Circus. Advertising Norna, the sagacious pony; Tiger the leaping pony; Surprise, Carrots and Spot, the clever donkeys; Tiny and Bess the Midget ponies; Queenie, the smallest of ponies; Clever Dogs of all Kinds; the Famous Happy Family Cage of living birds and animals, and the Children's Parade of baby ponies, donkeys, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, monkeys etc.' Pictorial and typographic. Printed by Willson's Printers, Leicester, ca.1890
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a clown's head in the 'C' of the word Circus, and vignettes of four circus acts with a compilation of images of circus acts in the lower portion of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 89.6cm
  • Poster width: 38.5cm
Credit line
Antony Hippisley Coxe Collection
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • AHC.2.53 - Hippisley Coxe Collection number
  • PPUK.116 - PeoplePlay UK number
Collection
Accession number
S.3787-1995

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2014
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