Poster advertising the exhibition Circus! Circus! at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, 15th December 1988 to 2nd April 1989, featuring the drawing Flying in the Big Top by Jake Sutton
Poster
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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Pictorial and typographic. Depicts the big top with audience and trapeze act.
Object details
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| Title | Poster advertising the exhibition <i>Circus! Circus!</i> at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, 15th December 1988 to 2nd April 1989, featuring the drawing <i>Flying in the Big Top</i> by Jake Sutton (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the exhibition Circus! Circus! at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, 15th December 1988 to 2nd April 1989, featuring the drawing Flying in the Big Top by Jake Sutton |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. Depicts the big top with audience and trapeze act. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp. |
| Object history | This exhibition, mounted by the Theatre Museum, also contained a series of circus paintings commissioned by the Francis Kyle Gallery. The one illustrating this poster was purchased by the Theatre Museum Associated Production: Circus! Circus!. Gerry Cottle's Circus. Sainte-Maxime. 15.12.1988-2.4.1989. Performance category: circus. Production type: exhibition. |
| Production | The title of the Jake Sutton painting reproduced on this poster is 'Flying in the Big Top' |
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| Accession number | S.1795-1995 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2010 |
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