Bertram Mills Circus
Artwork
1933 (made)
1933 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1933.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bertram Mills Circus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache on board |
| Brief description | Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1933. |
| Physical description | Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1933. The poster features a male figure, Arturo Manzano, riding a horse. The horse is shown with its left foreleg upraised. Manzano is dressed in a smart white shirt, red tie, and dark trousers with a yellow strip at the side seam. He is wearing a black hat, with a wide circular brim and a striped cumerband runs around his waist. The typography on the poster is in yellow and white, with key words outlined in red. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'BERTRAM MILLS' / CIRCUS / AND MENAGERIE / from OLYMPIA, LONDON' (Stylised text at the base of the artwork.) |
| Credit line | Cyril Mills Collection |
| Summary | Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1933. |
| Associated object | |
| Other number | THM/196/1/2/1 - Archive number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1452-2014 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2015 |
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