Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic circus advertisement poster. The illustration shows seven lions and lionesses with Priscilla Kayes in the ring. Priscilla Kayes is wearing a white sequined military-style costume and plumed helmet.


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, featuring Priscilla Kayes and her Lions, 1939
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic circus advertisement poster. The illustration shows seven lions and lionesses with Priscilla Kayes in the ring. Priscilla Kayes is wearing a white sequined military-style costume and plumed helmet.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.7cm
  • Poster width: 31.6cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Company: Priscilla Kayes' Lions. Olympia, Kensington, London. 22.12.1939-27.1.1940. Performance category: circus.
Subject depicted
Priscilla Kayes and Her Lions
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.172-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161806/poster-w-e-berry/
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