Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: Tall round-topped arched window on right side framed in pale pink filled with two dark blue picture panels most unmistakable feature, five-drum mechanical score reel window reading 29960 dominating upper third, grinning clown in blue robe with green-and-white ruff alongside fairground bird with spread blue-green wing, yellow and gold light-ribbons sweeping diagonally across sky-blue field
The tall round-topped arched window on the right side, framed in pale pink and filled with two dark blue picture panels, is the most unmistakable feature. A five-drum mechanical score reel window reading 29960 dominates the upper third. Below it a grinning clown in a blue robe with a green-and-white ruff grins out beside a fairground bird with a spread blue-green wing. Yellow and gold light-ribbons sweep diagonally across an otherwise sky-blue field, and a red-and-white circus tent sits behind the reels.
Setting
- Carnival midway
- Circus tent
- Night sky with blossoms
Symbols
- Score reel drums
- Circus tent
- Bird with spread wing
- Arched window frame
- Light ribbons
Lettering
- Block capitals on white reel cards in the score window; the remaining print is too blurred to resolve
Themes
- Carnival
- Circus
- Clown
- Fairground
- Score reels
Text on it
- 29960
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Large fairground bird, perhaps a parrot or eagle, with a spread wing in bands of green, blue and white, positioned left of centre just below the score reels |
| Other | Grinning clown in a deep blue robe, round pale face, pleated white ruff and green collar at the collar, blue cap with white trim, centre-left |
| Woman | Woman in a scarlet dress with white trim, shown in profile at the far left, arm raised |
| Other | Small figure in green clothing near the lower centre, beside a striped yellow-and-red form |
| Other | Blue-clad figure with a pale face inside a rounded blue panel at the lower right |
| Other | Additional small pale figures drawn inside the two dark blue panels of the arched window |
Illuminated backglass photograph, heavily yellowed and hazy with age, showing a carnival/fairground scene. A large rectangular score-reel window sits high in the upper centre-left, its five digit drums reading 29960 in dark numerals on white cards behind a metallic surround. Below and to the left of the reels a big fairground bird with a spread green-and-blue wing swoops over the scene, beside a grinning clown in a deep blue robe with a pleated white ruff and green collar, and a woman in a scarlet dress with white trim who stands in profile at the far left. Sweeping yellow and gold ribbons of light arc across a deep sky-blue field, with a red-and-white striped circus tent and a pink blossom-like burst behind the reels at the top. The right third is dominated by a tall round-arched window or mirror with a pale pink moulded frame; inside it hang two dark blue panels carrying small pale figures, a fainter green-and-pink illustration between them, and a bottom line of white lettering. A narrow dark cabinet edge with vertical lettering runs down the far right.