A Travelling Circus, Co. Clare
Artist
Percy Francis Gethin
(1874 - 1916)
Datec. 1912-1913
MediumEtching on paper
Dimensions18.5 x 22 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by Lord Killanin through Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, 1949.
Object number1024
DescriptionA scene showing the interior of a circus tent. The centre is taken up with an acrobat swinging from the right on two rings, the entire swing apparatus is visible. In the right middle-ground is a crowd of people huddled together. There are a group of people sitting in an open horse cart in the left middle-ground. In the left foreground is a clown with his hands in his pockets, behind and slightly to the left is a second acrobat standing also with his hands in his pockets. Both are looking at the swinging acrobat.No 11 of 40 impressions etched 1912/1913, published posthumously. Presented by Lord Killanin through the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland 1948.
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