Original Artwork, c1800 - 2000
Series
Reference code: 178V11
Scope and Contents
Original works of art including artists' prints, drawings, watercolours and paintings, and designs for circus posters.
Dates
- Creation: c1800 - 2000
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 (Person)
- Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 (Person)
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
400 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
French
German
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Polito's Menagerie (c1810 - 1830) (Organisation)
- Royal Exeter Menagerie (1773 - 1829) (The Strand, London) (Organisation)
- Wallett, William Frederick, c1806 - 1892 (The Queen's Jester) (Person)
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 (Person)
- Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835 - 1868 (Person)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) (Person)
- Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) (Organisation)
- Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 (Person)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 (Person)
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
- Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 (Person)
- Jonsson, Harder, 1912 - 1979 (Person)
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) (Organisation)
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) (Organisation)
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk