Poster
ca.1890 (printed)
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Pictorial and typographic. The poster is printed in black and red and is mostly typographic, but with ten small vignettes of performing horses including Norma the thought-reading pony; Tiger leaping over other ponies; Tiny and Bess on a see-saw; performing dogs, Trot and Dot the donkeys with a clown, and a dog on a trapeze. The name of the manager Charles Johnstone appears near the bottom of the poster.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Touring poster advertising Wyllie's Miniature Circus. Advertising a stud of the smallest performing ponies and donkeys including Norna, the thought-reading pony; Tiger the marvellous trick and leaping pony; Tiny and Bess the twin performing ponies; Trot and Dot, the midget donkeys, Topsy the educated ewe, Bee the card trick terrier, and the Clown's Pony Show. Pictorial and typographic. Printed in by James Upton, Birmingham, ca.1890 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. The poster is printed in black and red and is mostly typographic, but with ten small vignettes of performing horses including Norma the thought-reading pony; Tiger leaping over other ponies; Tiny and Bess on a see-saw; performing dogs, Trot and Dot the donkeys with a clown, and a dog on a trapeze. The name of the manager Charles Johnstone appears near the bottom of the poster. |
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| Credit line | Antony Hippisley Coxe Collection |
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| Other number | AHC.2.43 - Hippisley Coxe Collection number |
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| Accession number | S.3789-1995 |
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| Record created | January 20, 2014 |
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