Bertram Mills' Circus
Poster
1952 (made)
1952 (made)
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Hanging card advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Aberystwyth, 1952.
The acts featured on the poster are Borra the King of Pickpockets, the comedy cyclists Maurice and May 'Fun on Wheels', Haute ecole, the Condoras on the flying trapeze, Margot Edwards juggling on horseback, Bertram Mills' Liberty Arab Horses, Bertram Mills' chimpanzees presented by Amletto Sciplini, the clowns Coco, Huxter, Alby, Austin and Little Billy, Shetland Ponies presented by Phyllis Allen, Anita Aerial Thrills, Gosta Kruse 6 Elephants, Alexander Kerr and his Lions including Negus the wire-walking lion, the ladder act the Raspinis, Bertram Mills' New Norweigian Fjord Horse, Cavallini's Crazy Car, Mills' LIberty Horses, Edouardo 'Unbelievable Juggling' and a Clown Charivari.
The acts featured on the poster are Borra the King of Pickpockets, the comedy cyclists Maurice and May 'Fun on Wheels', Haute ecole, the Condoras on the flying trapeze, Margot Edwards juggling on horseback, Bertram Mills' Liberty Arab Horses, Bertram Mills' chimpanzees presented by Amletto Sciplini, the clowns Coco, Huxter, Alby, Austin and Little Billy, Shetland Ponies presented by Phyllis Allen, Anita Aerial Thrills, Gosta Kruse 6 Elephants, Alexander Kerr and his Lions including Negus the wire-walking lion, the ladder act the Raspinis, Bertram Mills' New Norweigian Fjord Horse, Cavallini's Crazy Car, Mills' LIberty Horses, Edouardo 'Unbelievable Juggling' and a Clown Charivari.
Object details
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| Title | Bertram Mills' Circus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour Lithography |
| Brief description | Hanging card advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Aberystwyth, 1952 |
| Physical description | Typographic circus advertisement poster in various colours |
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| Summary | Hanging card advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Aberystwyth, 1952. The acts featured on the poster are Borra the King of Pickpockets, the comedy cyclists Maurice and May 'Fun on Wheels', Haute ecole, the Condoras on the flying trapeze, Margot Edwards juggling on horseback, Bertram Mills' Liberty Arab Horses, Bertram Mills' chimpanzees presented by Amletto Sciplini, the clowns Coco, Huxter, Alby, Austin and Little Billy, Shetland Ponies presented by Phyllis Allen, Anita Aerial Thrills, Gosta Kruse 6 Elephants, Alexander Kerr and his Lions including Negus the wire-walking lion, the ladder act the Raspinis, Bertram Mills' New Norweigian Fjord Horse, Cavallini's Crazy Car, Mills' LIberty Horses, Edouardo 'Unbelievable Juggling' and a Clown Charivari. |
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| Accession number | S.29-1983 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2014 |
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