Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1936-1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Typographic circus advertisement


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on card
Ink
Cardboard
Printing
Brief description
Hanging card advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, 1936-1937
Physical description
Typographic circus advertisement
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 58.4cm
  • Poster width: 26.8cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performer: Quintilla (wire-walker), Vittorio Ferroni (juggler on horseback), Baring (with his comedy zebra), The Great Frederico, Morris and May (comedy cyclists), 2 Willos (perchists), 4 Albanos (clowns), 4 Cosmaries (haute ecole), 4 Palms (perchists), 5 Kemmys (art, beauty and strength), 8 Danwills (springboard acrobats), Peerless Potters (flying bar act), Jackson Family and Lawler (woodchoppers, axe-throwers and rope-spinners), Knie's Tigers, The Keystones (comedy bar act). The Great Frederico, who performed 'a sensational dive suspended by his teeth', is depicted on a small poster advertising this season, S.169-1994. Olympia, Kensington, London. 22.12.1936-27.12.1937. Performance category: circus.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.168-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161802/poster-w-e-berry/
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