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.
On View
Not on viewPercy Francis Gethin
Dorothy Blackham
Constantin Guys
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
1917