Poster — Bertram Mills poster, Bradford, Great Britain, 1931
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1931
Poster in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.132-1994), made in Bradford, Great Britain, dated 1931. The museum's brief description reads: Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie 'from Olympia', featuring a polar-bear and big cat act, Cossmy Wild Animals, 1931.
Museum description: Pictorial and typographic advertisement poster. The image shows the trainer wearing a red military-style jacket standing with a tiger on the back of a grey horse, two polar bears on pedestals and three lions on pedestals. The museum records it as Printed ink on paper, measuring Height 76 cm; Width 102.3 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- printing ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Height 76 cm; Width 102.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed ink on paper
- Place recorded
- Bradford, Great Britain
Identification
- Museum object name
- Poster
- Museum object number
- S.132-1994
- Museum system number
- O1161766
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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