Fairground art
Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:
Sketch of Unicorn, c1900 - 1929
Drawing of a rearing unicorn with stamp from G. Orton Sons & Spooner Ltd, probably for a coat of arms. Pencil on paper.
Sketch of Various Decorations, c1920 - 1939
Sketch of various decorations including fish. Pencil on brown paper.
Sketche for Shooting Gallery Decoration, c1900 - 1929
Design for a fairground sideshow frontage showing classical figures, cherubs and folliage decorations, contains stamp from W.G. Hilton Architectural and Ornamental Wood Carvers. Pencil on paper.
Sketches for Centaur Cars, c1920 - 1939
Two designs for cars with centaurs with fish bodies and two rows of seats. Pencil on blue paper .
Sketches for Fairground Ride Car Designs, c1920 - 1939
Sketches for fairground ride car designs, including turkey, fish, swan, peacock, crocodile, greyhound, galloping horse, sea horse, dragon, centaur, whale and mermaid, mainly for switchback and scenic and a car for P. Bishop.
Sketches for Scenic and Switchback Cars, c1900 - 1929
Pencil sketches for scenic and switchback cars with fantasy dragon scenes (one possibly an allegory of St. George slaying the dragon) and demonic figures and elaborate foliage by H. Darby.
Sketches for Scenic or Switchback Ride Cars, c1900 - 1929
Designs for fairground ride cars showing neoclassical cherub figures in various poses, sideshow frontage, frieze and game stall.
Sketches of Car Fronts, c1900 - 1929
Design for fairground ride car with scroll carvings. Pencil on paper.
Sketches of Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929
Two designs for ride of show frontage carving decorations showing folliage and dragon motives. Pencil on paper.
Sketches of Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929
Design for top section of ride of show front decorations showing scroll, figure and animal motive carvings, contains inscriptions and measurements on front and reverse. Pencil on paper.
Sketches of Folliage and Flags Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929
Sketch for a ride or show frontage carving showing folliage decorations, flags and a dragon's head. Pencil on paper.
Sketches of Front, Rounding Boards and Figures for Switchback, 1904
Design for a Savage Switchback built for Eugene Denis of Paris showing frontage with sculpture of Brittania on top section and columms in the shape of military figures on horses and other figures, inscribed on centre J. Spooner Burton on Trent. Pencil on paper.
Sketches of People on Fairground Rides, 1947
Pencil sketches of people on fairground rides, including gallopers, at the Goose Fair by Margaret Whitaker.
Sketches of Samples for Switchback Cars, c1900 - 1929
Pencil sketches of samples for switchback cars, decorative friezes, front entrance of joy wheel and design for switchback.
Sketches of Samples of Ride Frontage Decorations, c1875 - 1899
Sketch of two samples of frontage section decoration showing heavy folliage, flowers and shield reading C.J. Spooner Burton. Pen and ink on paper.
Steam Fair, Oxford Fair, Linda in Spain, Brands Hatch Film, 1959
Amateur film shot by George Bolesworth of British steam fairs and family holiday abroad. 8mm format. Silent. Colour.
Stuart Johnstone Collection
This collection comprises articles, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, printed ephemera and photographs, compiled by Stuart Johnstone, relating to his interest in fairs, amusement rides, traction engines and transport, as well as his involvement in the Circle of Showland Fans. The notebooks include chronological guides to fairs, and lists of fairground machine and equipment for sale, and information on showmen and their families, taken from the World's Fair Newspaper.
Super Jungle Front Rounding Board Artwork, c1900 - 1929
Colour design for John Codona's Super Jungle ride front rounding board, scale 3/4".
Swan Decoration, c1900 - 1920
Detail of ride frontage decoration showing a swan in a pond on the left side and some scroll decorations.
Switchback and Helter Skelter Drawings, 4 July 1943
Two sketches blued to a paper sheet showing a pencil drawings of a switchback railway ride with annotations about colours, carvings and finishes and pencil drawing of a helter skelter at Mitcham Fair by Margaret Whitaker.