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Bertram Mills Circus

Artwork
1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
Leon Crossley (designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The artwork was created for the 8th Tenting Season and shows 'Huzarina's Sensational Ride'.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Object type
Artwork
TitleBertram Mills Circus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and gouache on board
Gouache
Art Board
Watercolour
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' 8th Tenting Circus, Summer 1937, featuring Huzarina's Sensational Ride. Watercolour and gouache on artboard.
Physical description
Gouache on board publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The poster features a woman, Huzarina, riding behind a group of nine horses. The woman is dressed in a sleeveless dress with a full, pale pink skirt and is wearing a headdress formed from plumes of feathers. She is positioned, standing upright, on the back or two of the horses, and holds the reins of all nine horses in her hands. The typography on the poster is executed in yellow and white, with key words outlined in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BERTRAM MILL'S CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE/ FROM OLYMPIA, LONDON' (Stylised text across the top of the artwork)
  • 'THE COURIER OF/ ST PETERSBURG' (Stylised text, bottom left hand corner of the artwork)
  • 'Huzarina's/Sensational Ride' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, bottom right hand corner.)
Credit line
Cyril Mills Collection
Summary
Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The artwork was created for the 8th Tenting Season and shows 'Huzarina's Sensational Ride'.
Associated objects
Other number
THM/196/1/2/10 - Archive number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1461-2014

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1307866/bertram-mills-circus-artwork-leon-crossley/
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