Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

ca. 1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (printed)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (printed)

Poster advertising The James Brothers Circus, printed by Unknown, United Kingdom, ca. 1950s.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Circus
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising The James Brothers Circus, printed by Unknown, United Kingdom, ca. 1950s.
Physical description
Poster advertising The James Brothers Circus, printed by Unknown, United Kingdom, ca. 1950s.
Dimensions
  • Height: 71cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Credit line
Given by the Norfolk Rural Life Museum
Object history
This poster was part of a collection of circus and theatre posters and ephemera collected by John Bates and given to the Norfolk Rural Life Museum by his widow. As the collection fell outside its collecting remit, the Rural Life Museum gave it to the V&A Theatre Museum.
Summary
Poster advertising The James Brothers Circus, printed by Unknown, United Kingdom, ca. 1950s.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.744-1984

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Record createdMay 1, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1292344/poster-unknown/
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