Not on display

Poster

1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Typographic. Printed on R. Timpeley's Patent 'Lancastrian 4-colour machine'. The lettering is in four colours, red, yellow, black and blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Letterpress
Brief description
Poster advertising The Majiltons [and] The Gay City [and] Chums at The Grand Circus, Oldham, 1886
Physical description
Typographic. Printed on R. Timpeley's Patent 'Lancastrian 4-colour machine'. The lettering is in four colours, red, yellow, black and blue.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 75cm
  • Poster width: 33.4cm
Object history
Associated Production: The Majiltons (Comedy acrobats), The Gay City (melodrama by George Sims), Chums (burlesque). Performers: Charles Majilton, Alfred Rivers (comedian), Marie Majilton, Herbert Ashmore, Ralph Dean, Clarice Valarie (singer), Cissie Seymour, Maude Granville, Kate Howard, The Majiltons. Grand Circus, Henshaw Street, Oldham. 25.10.1886.
Production
R. Timperley was the patentee and printer.
Collection
Accession number
S.3778-1995

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