Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Poster

1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Fitton, James (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with a circus scene depicting a clown bicycling along a tight-rope. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster with a circus scene depicting a clown bicycling along a tight-rope. Designed by James Fitton. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with a circus scene depicting a clown bicycling along a tight-rope. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.7cm
  • Width: 64.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed.)
Credit line
Given by the London Passenger Transport Board.
Subjects depicted
Clown
Bicycle
Circus
Bibliographic references
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Other number
12/G11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2041-1938

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O732235/poster-fitton-james/
Download as: JSON