Not on display

Poster

1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Typographic circus advertisement poster

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Lincoln 1937
Physical description
Typographic circus advertisement poster
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 101.8cm
  • Poster width: 37.4cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performers: Priscilla Kayes (lion trainer), Bombayo (equilibrist), Fritzi Bartoni (trapeze artist), Coco, Austin, Pinocchio, Percy Huxter, Bobino, Korovin and Salem (clowns), Diana (and her pigeons), Huzarina (equestrian), Zeboy (comedy zebra), Bertram Mills' New Liberty Horses, The 12 Corinthians (equestrians), The 5 Dratsa (comedians), Man and Thit (comedians), Adriana and Charlot (trampolinists), Gindl's 6 baby elephants, The 2 Yeldings (trapeze artists), The 5 Richards (gymnasts), The Millimeter Acrobatic Girls, Giraffe-neck Women of Upper Burma (curiosity). South Common, Lincoln. 3.6.1937-9.6.1937. Performance category: circus, menagerie.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.157-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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