The Penny Show
ca. 1850
Unknown
T&P
Painting showing performers in front of a 19th-century fairground booth, the roof decorated with urns and a central scallop shell. In the foreground, centre, a barker, wearing a top hat, stands on a ramp and gestures towards the entrance. Various performers in costume stand and sit outside. To left, a man in costume and a clown hold a banner, emblazoned with the words 'Admission One Penny' in capital letters.
- Maker/Artist
- Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- oil colour, canvas, oil painting
- Dimensions
- Height: 19 cm Width: 30.7 cm
- Departments
- T&P
- Accession Number
- S.271-1984
- Rights Statement
- arr
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