Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1932-1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic circus advertisement poster. The poster shows the silhouette figures of 4 performers looking upwards to a ladder tower on top of which 3 trapeze performers are suspended.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on card
Ink
Cardboard
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus, featuring The Four Vesses, Olympia, 1932-33
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic circus advertisement poster. The poster shows the silhouette figures of 4 performers looking upwards to a ladder tower on top of which 3 trapeze performers are suspended.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 57.8cm
  • Poster width: 26.1cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Company: The 4 Vesses. Olympia, Kensington, London. 22.12.1932-25.1.1933. Performance category: circus.
Subject depicted
The Four Vesses
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.173-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161807/poster-w-e-berry/
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