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Bertram Mills poster

Poster
1928-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Hardy, Dudley (artist)
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a white-faced clown with a ruff and white conical hat.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleBertram Mills poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1928-1929
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a white-faced clown with a ruff and white conical hat.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 36.6cm
  • Poster width: 23.7cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Olympia, Kensington, London. 20.12.1928-23.1.1929. Performance category: circus. The poster describes the season as 'The 9th and the greatest program yet' and the circus as: 'The show you should see - the show you can see'. It is a duplicate image of S.765-1984. There were several posters issued for this season. This is 'Design A'.
Subject depicted
Clown
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.123-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161757/bertram-mills-poster-poster-hardy-dudley/
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