Ashtons Circus the worlds greatest!
- Bib ID:
- 7540041
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2023-5604 copy
- Description:
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- [Australia] : Ashtons Circus, [between 1950 and 1960]
- 1 poster : colour ; 75.8 x 49.8 cm
- Summary:
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Poster promoting Ashtons Circus. Features a centred circular illustration of a clown face with pointed red hat, flanked by female figures in tutus. Circus name appears in white lettering on a red background, above and below the circle. All on a dark purple background. A logo in the form of a coat of arms appears upper right.
- Biography/History:
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Ashtons Circus was founded in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1847 by Thomas Mollor, and acquired in February 1850 by James Henry Ashton, a man schooled in the tradition of English circus and who had experienced the hard times of the nineteenth century. The circus operated as the Royal Amphitheatre or Royal Circus. When founder James Henry Ashton died in 1889, his son Fred, then aged 22, inherited the circus. The circus continued to be handed down throughout the family, and today it is run by the 6th generation of Ashtons, Michelle and Joseph and their sons, Jordan and Merrik. As Joseph had founded 'Circus Joseph Ashton' in 1998 prior to his grandfather's retirement in 2000, it was decided to apply this name to the family's main circus reflecting the current state of ownership and operations. The prior name of "Ashton's Circus" was retired.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- Vivian James Carter Collection.
- National Library of Australia's copy [POSTER 2023-5604] has pinholes at the corners.
- National Library of Australia's copy [POSTER 2023-5605] has small sections missing along left hand edge.
- POSTER 2023-5604 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-584179907
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ashtons Circus, issuing body
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2030 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1960
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