Poster
ca.1890 (printed)
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Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a clown's head in the 'C' of the word Circus, and vignettes of four circus acts with a compilation of images of circus acts in the lower portion of the poster.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Touring poster advertising F.W. Wyllie's Circus. Advertising Norna, the sagacious pony; Tiger the leaping pony; Surprise, Carrots and Spot, the clever donkeys; Tiny and Bess the Midget ponies; Queenie, the smallest of ponies; Clever Dogs of all Kinds; the Famous Happy Family Cage of living birds and animals, and the Children's Parade of baby ponies, donkeys, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, monkeys etc.' Pictorial and typographic. Printed by Willson's Printers, Leicester, ca.1890 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. The image shows a clown's head in the 'C' of the word Circus, and vignettes of four circus acts with a compilation of images of circus acts in the lower portion of the poster. |
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| Credit line | Antony Hippisley Coxe Collection |
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| Accession number | S.3787-1995 |
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| Record created | January 20, 2014 |
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