Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus

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Artist/Maker	W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin	Bradford (printed)

Poster advertising Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus at Evesham, April [?1938]. It shows Captain Bailey Fossett, billed as 'The Animal King', with 'His Amazing Mixed Group' of panthers. leopards and snow leopards.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Circus Posters Advertising
Object type	Poster
Title	Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph Paper Printing Ink Printing Lithography
Brief description	Poster advertising Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus, Evesham, April [?1938]
Physical description	Poster advertising Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus, Gasworks Meadow, Evesham, Monday, 4 April and Tuesday, 5 April [?1938]. Multi-coloured pictorial poster, showing the animal trainer, Captain Bailey Fossett, with panthers. leopards and snow leopards.
Dimensions	Height: 76cm Width: 50.6cm
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 Sir Robert Fossett's Mammoth Jungle Circus at Evesham, April [?1938]. It shows Captain Bailey Fossett, billed as 'The Animal King', with 'His Amazing Mixed Group' of panthers. leopards and snow leopards.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.739-1984

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Record created	July 18, 2017
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1404827/sir-robert-fossetts-mammoth-jungle-poster-w-e-berry/

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