Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1924-1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. Weiner Ltd. (printers (people))
Haliday, Gilbert (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a little girl sitting by the circus ring turning to her mother to point out the equestrian jockey performer.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Circus
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Hanging card advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1924-1925
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows a little girl sitting by the circus ring turning to her mother to point out the equestrian jockey performer.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 36.6cm
  • Poster width: 23.7cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Olympia, Kensington, London. 18.12.1924-21.1.1925. Performance category: circus.
Bibliographic references
  • The greatest show on earth: 60 years of circus posters from the collection of Larry Turnbull. Cardiff : Welsh Arts Council, 1980. 24p., ill.
  • Circus! Circus! : Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Theatre Museum. London : V&A Museum : 1988 no. 2
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.124-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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