Billy Russell's Grand Circus
Poster
ca. 1950s (printed)
ca. 1950s (printed)
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| Place of origin |
Poster advertising Billy Russell's Grand Circus at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, ca. 1950s.
Object details
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| Title | Billy Russell's Grand Circus (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Billy Russell's Grand Circus at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, ca. 1950s |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic poster advertising Billy Russell's Grand Circus at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, ca. 1950s. The poster has a yellow background with blue and black lettering. There is also a clown depicted aloing with some acrobats and other circus performers. |
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| 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. |
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| Summary | Poster advertising Billy Russell's Grand Circus at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, ca. 1950s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.801-1984 |
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| Record created | September 5, 2014 |
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