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Framed vintage circus photographic prints From Quirky Prints

These intriguing framed vintage circus photographic prints are to be found in second-hand shops and at specialist collectors’ fairs, give us a fascinating reminder of how popular circuses used to be in Victorian Britain. In fact, such was the appeal of circuses, that many theatres - including the Alhambra, the Drury Lane and even Sadler’s Wells - also presented circus acts for their audiences to enjoy.

The framed vintage circus photographic prints that we discover today, capture images of trapeze artists, acrobats, bareback riders and tightrope walkers – and of course that enduring circus character – the clown. With these images of their colourful costumes, daredevil acts and flamboyant poses, we are transported to that world of sawdust, big tops and ‘all the fun of the fair’. We can well imagine how our Victorian ancestors enjoyed the entertainment and spectacle they provided!

Another reason that circuses were so widely enjoyed across of the country, was the fairground entertainers used to travel to their audiences – an important consideration in times when public transport links were not that extensive.

Quirky Prints has also done the legwork for its customers, by visiting hundreds of antique shops, collector’s fairs, vintage photograph dealers, and specialists around the country, to create an archive of literally thousands of hand-picked vintage photographs. Among the many old photographs that were sorted through, were some amazing and intriguing framed vintage circus photographic prints.

These old, obscure and sometimes quite bizarre vintage photographs make the most beautiful pictures to hang in the home or workplace. Truly ‘quirky prints’ guaranteed to make unique gifts or pieces of artwork.

Within the CIRCUS category on their website, Quirky Prints offers various unique framed vintage circus photographic prints. From black and white photographs of clowns, elephants and wirewalkers, to bareback riders and acrobats, there is a fantastic choice of unusual images and stunning pictures to hang in your home, or to give to friends as unique gifts.

The images are all reproduced on fine quality art paper and presented in contemporary metal frames, which have been carefully chosen both to improve the images and to complement any style of home decor. For anyone uninspired and bored with the same prints for sale in the high street - thousands of similar pictures that appear in thousands of homes across the UK - Quirky Prints offers something new, some different. Something Quirky in fact!

There are thirty-two other categories to choose from on the website, which has thousands of images taken from original vintage photographs. Each of the old photographs has been carefully restored to remove any damage, but preserve the originality of the image. The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by – and with the CIRCUS category - we share the memory of how people of Victorian England used to be entertained at theatres, fairs and circuses around the country.

A good circus built its reputation on its capacity to amaze and entertain and it therefore that these framed vintage circus photographic prints - of performances that took place 70 or more years ago - are equally amazing and entertaining!