Bertram Mills Circus and Fun Fair Gouache, 1950
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
Subject
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
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