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Bertram Mills' Circus

Poster
1946 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster advertised Bertram Mills' 20th Circus as Olympia, 1946-1947, the first at Olympia since the 19th season in 1938-1939 when war had meant the cessation of circus at Olympia, although Mills had carried on with Tenting Seasons in 1939 and 1940, and a Stage Tour at Christmas 1939-1940.

The acts included Bertram Mills' Six Elephants presented by John Gindl; Crick & Crock, comedy acrobats; The Sylvans, riding act; The Reverhos, wire walkers and jugglers; Louise and her dogs; the Delroys High School Riding; The Brockways, Comedy Cyclists; the Flying Alizes, trapeze artists; Charlie Rivel with Juanito and Freddy, low-flying trapeze artistes; The Cumberlands, bareback riding troupe; the Andreus, musical clowns; a Grand Carousel with 50 horses and ponies and 20 performers in the ring; Young Roy with his horses and ponies; The Tovarich Troupe, acrobats and balancing; The Idalys, upside-down cycling aerial duo; a Symphony in Grey - liberty horses presented by Peggy Holt, and Nicholas and his Performing Lions. Guerre's Amazing Sea Lions are adverised but do not seem to have appeared, whiole The Dagenham Girl Pipers did.



Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBertram Mills' Circus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia (Grand Hall), London, 1946-1947
Physical description
Typographic circus advertisement poster
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.5cm
  • Poster width: 31cm
Summary
This poster advertised Bertram Mills' 20th Circus as Olympia, 1946-1947, the first at Olympia since the 19th season in 1938-1939 when war had meant the cessation of circus at Olympia, although Mills had carried on with Tenting Seasons in 1939 and 1940, and a Stage Tour at Christmas 1939-1940.

The acts included Bertram Mills' Six Elephants presented by John Gindl; Crick & Crock, comedy acrobats; The Sylvans, riding act; The Reverhos, wire walkers and jugglers; Louise and her dogs; the Delroys High School Riding; The Brockways, Comedy Cyclists; the Flying Alizes, trapeze artists; Charlie Rivel with Juanito and Freddy, low-flying trapeze artistes; The Cumberlands, bareback riding troupe; the Andreus, musical clowns; a Grand Carousel with 50 horses and ponies and 20 performers in the ring; Young Roy with his horses and ponies; The Tovarich Troupe, acrobats and balancing; The Idalys, upside-down cycling aerial duo; a Symphony in Grey - liberty horses presented by Peggy Holt, and Nicholas and his Performing Lions. Guerre's Amazing Sea Lions are adverised but do not seem to have appeared, whiole The Dagenham Girl Pipers did.

Collection
Accession number
S.200-1994

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Record createdApril 25, 2014
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