Not on display

Poster

1951 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a smiling white-faced clown in spangled costume looking over his shoulder at a child.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Billy Smart's New World Circus, Lincoln, 1951
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a smiling white-faced clown in spangled costume looking over his shoulder at a child.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 75.8cm
  • Poster width: 49.1cm
Object history
Associated Production: Billy Smart's Circus. Performers: Coco Junior and Clown Harty (clowns), Vinicky (high school horse trainer), Stey Twins (equilibrist), 7 Waldos (springboard performers), Michael, Tamara and Sasha (springboard harlequins), Highland Oxen (highland cattle), Billy's Royal Welsh Ponies, Tscheng Der Tsai Troupe (Chinese acrobats). South Common, Lincoln. 17.9.1951-22.9.1951. Performance category: circus.
Collection
Accession number
S.224-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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