Bertram Mills Circus

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Artist/Maker	Leon Crossley (designers)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The artwork was created for the 8th Tenting Season and shows 'Huzarina's Sensational Ride'.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Designs
Object type	Artwork
Title	Bertram Mills Circus (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour and gouache on board Gouache Art Board Watercolour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' 8th Tenting Circus, Summer 1937, featuring Huzarina's Sensational Ride. Watercolour and gouache on artboard.
Physical description	Gouache on board publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The poster features a woman, Huzarina, riding behind a group of nine horses. The woman is dressed in a sleeveless dress with a full, pale pink skirt and is wearing a headdress formed from plumes of feathers. She is positioned, standing upright, on the back or two of the horses, and holds the reins of all nine horses in her hands. The typography on the poster is executed in yellow and white, with key words outlined in red.
Dimensions	Height: 53cm Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	'BERTRAM MILL'S CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE/ FROM OLYMPIA, LONDON' (Stylised text across the top of the artwork) 'THE COURIER OF/ ST PETERSBURG' (Stylised text, bottom left hand corner of the artwork) 'Huzarina's/Sensational Ride' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, bottom right hand corner.)
Credit line	Cyril Mills Collection
Summary	Publicity artwork for Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Olympia, London 1937. The artwork was created for the 8th Tenting Season and shows 'Huzarina's Sensational Ride'.
Associated objects	S.145-1994 (Design) S.1-2018 (Object)
Other number	THM/196/1/2/10 - Archive number
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1461-2014

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Record created	February 19, 2015
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1307866/bertram-mills-circus-artwork-leon-crossley/

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