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Poster

1928-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a white-faced clown carrying a trombone and a goose in a carpet-bag.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1928-1929. Colour lithograph. Larry Turnbull Collection.
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a white-faced clown carrying a trombone and a goose in a carpet-bag.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 74cm
  • Poster width: 50.5cm
Object history
The poster reads 'Positively Closing Wed. Jan 23'. It was issued during the run to alert public to the end of the season. Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Olympia, Kensington, London. 12.1928-23.1.1929. Performance category: circus.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Haill, Catherine. Theatre Posters. London : HMSO., 1983. 48p., ill.
Collection
Accession number
S.31-1983

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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