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Poster

Poster
1925-1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1925 to 1926. Featuring a lion and entitled: 'Look Out - Seventy Are Coming!'


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePoster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1925 to 1926. Featuring a lion and entitled: 'Look Out - Seventy Are Coming!'
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a roaring lion's head within a roundel.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 73.7cm
  • Poster width: 49.8cm
Object history
This poster was part of an advertising campaign featuring the 70 lions that performed in the 1925-1926 circus. Simply saying, 'Look out - seventy are coming!' it aimed to intrigue the public and to have a cumulative effect in conjunction with other posters mentioning the lions. For some of those see S.109-1994, S.112-1994, S.117-1994, S.772-1984 and S.2217-1994. Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Company: Captain Alfred's Lions. Olympia, London. 21.12.1925-23.1.1926. Performance category: circus.
Summary
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1925 to 1926. Featuring a lion and entitled: 'Look Out - Seventy Are Coming!'
Collection
Accession number
S.110-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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