RWA Press: Natasha Lacey, who performs a unique aerial spiral act at Russell’s Circus. Natasha is the daughter of Martin Lacey © Peter Lavery
RWA Press: Three Clowns, Ros Cuthbert, 2014, collage, gouache & watercolour, courtesy of artist
RWA Press: Acrobat, Eileen Cooper RA, 2012, oil on canvas © Eileen Cooper
RWA Press: The Grand Parade, Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia, Edward Seago, 1932, oil on canvas, courtesy of Gerry Cottle
RWA Press: Clowns’ Dressing Room, Henry Hoyland, oil on board, 684 x 1018 mm © Royal Academy of Arts. Photo credit: Royal Academy of Arts
RWA Press: Susie Hamilton, Clown (detail), 2018, acrylic on canvas, © the artist, courtesy Paul Stolper Gallery, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Beth Carter, Farewell Carousel 1 (detail), 2018, plaster, fabric and wood with acrylic case, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sharples and Winterstoke Galleries, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Beth Carter, Broken Carnival, 2017, bronze with steel base, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Beth Carter, The Long Way Home, 2013, charcoal, spray paint and collage on paper, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Toni Davey RWA, Pleasure Dome, 2018, Victorian glass dome, A5 moleskine sketchbook, glass wedge, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Mo Farquharson, Acrobat 2, 2007, bronze, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Katharine Jones, Witness to a Spectacle, 2018, collagraph and block print on paper, © the artist, courtesy Rabley Gallery, RWA Purchase commission funded by Arts Council England, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice H
RWA Press: Mo Farquharson, Acrobat 2, 2007, bronze, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Beth Carter, Broken Carnival, 2017, bronze with steel base, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Mo Farquharson, Acrobat 2, 2007, bronze, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Circomedia performer, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Circomedia performer, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Circomedia performer, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Circomedia performer, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Simon Quadrat PPRWA, The Circus Horse Dancing the Polka (detail), 2017, oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Beth Carter, Broken Carnival (detail), 2017, bronze with steel base, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Abigail Lane, Cat and Ball, 2008-2018, digital print, Courtesy of the artist, commission funded by Arts Council England, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Peter Lavery, Tweedy at Brandiers, October 2017, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy
RWA Press: Zavier Ellis, Black Magic (detail), 2011, gloss paint, pencil drawings, found wood and poster, Courtesy of the artist, Sawdust and Sequins preview, RWA, March 2018, photographer Alice Hendy