AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CIRCUS BANNER PAINTED ON TENT FABRIC

of Folk Art interest, the panel of rectangular form, with metal lined holes to the top from the original tent structure, Showman painted in the Primitive / Naive style with two shields, one depicting a man pulling a one ton weight, the other an escape artist hanging upside down from a gallows, the centre inscribed 'THE GREAT GAMBINI BRO'S ESCAPE ARTISTS', from a funfair / fairground, mounted in a later black and glazed frame,

the panel 160cm wide x 84cm high