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Bertram Mills Circus and Fun Fair Gouache, 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.31

Scope and Contents

Gouache on card, poster design. Olympia Grand Hall, 19 December to 1 February. The 5 Meteors flying trapeze, Adolf Fischer's elephants, Jenny Piccolo and Baby, The Fredonas risley act, The Lorandos comedy wire-walkers, The Phantom Horses, Margot Edwards horseback juggling, The Katyanas and Rondellis with Anita aerial pot pourri, Wacker's jockey dogs, The Schaller Brothers trampoline, La Tosca, Johnny's Teddy bears, The Hollywood Sky ballet, The Percelly's balacing act, The Baker's comedy pas de Deux, The Deblars motorcycle act, the Shetland ponies kindergarten, The Petroffs triple bars, The Bedouin Riders, Alexander and his lions including the wire-walking lion Negus. Colour illustrations of one dog sitting on the back of another as it jumps a fence, a woman leaping ontp a wire, a bear riding a rocking horse and six acrobats on an elevated structure, type and backgrounds multicoloured.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 315mm x 405mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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