The Penny Show

ca. 1850

Painting showing performers in front of a 19th-century fairground booth, the roof decorated with urns and a central scallop shell. In the foreground, centre, a barker, wearing a top hat, stands on a ramp and gestures towards the entrance. Various performers in costume stand and sit outside. To left, a man in costume and a clown hold a banner, emblazoned with the words 'Admission One Penny' in capital letters.