Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003

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Biography

John Bramwell Taylor was a Yorkshireman who migrated to the South East of England during the 1930s. John Bramwell Taylor spent his working life as a porter at the Travellers’ Club in London and spent all his free time and money collecting printed ephemera.

Very well known to dealers and collectors of ephemera John had a deep and abiding knowledge of early printing history. He collected in all areas and the material that is now in the National Fairground Archive is only one small aspect of his Collection.

John Bramwell Taylor died in Notting Hill London in 2003 and his large and extensive Collection was split on his death.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Anatomical Representation of a Female Figure Handbill, 1835

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.64

Scope and Contents

Antonio Serantoni of Florence, and Jacob Legozzi at Cosmorama Rooms. Model of a female figure "The model is shown to ladies in private and explained by a female". Including The Cardinal Sins, 7 allegorical paintings by J. Legozzi. Printed by E. and J. Thomas, 6 Exeter Street, Exeter Hall, Strand.

Dates: 1835

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Regent Street Handbills

Anatomical Representation of a Female Figure Modelled from Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840 - 1850

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.58

Scope and Contents

Antonio Serantoni of Florence at Cosmorama Rooms. Model of a female figure "The model is shown to ladies in private and explained by a female" Also seven allegorical paintings by Jacob Ligozzi, 2pp.

Dates: c1840 - 1850

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Regent Street Handbills

Female Figure Modelled from the Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.99

Scope and Contents

Antonio Serantoni of Florence at 432 Strand. Model of a female figure "The model is shown to ladies in private and explained by a female". Printed by Hancock, Middle Row Place, Holborn.

Dates: c1840

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Strand Handbills

Florentine Venus Handbill, 23 January 1864

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.56

Scope and Contents

Florentine Venus at London Anatomical Museum. Open daily from 10 till 10, for gentlemen only. Museum housing "Florentine Venus, the whole of the organs of the body in health and disease, the development of the foetus" etc.

Dates: 23 January 1864

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Regent Street Handbills

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Dates: c1786 - 1968

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection

John Bramwell Taylor Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0086

Scope and Contents The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...

Dates: c1786 - 2003

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

London Anatomical Museum Handbill, c1866

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.55

Scope and Contents

London Anatomical Museum. Illustration of premises.

Dates: c1866

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Regent Street Handbills

Regent Street Handbills, c1824 - 1899

Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.44-72

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Regent Street.

Dates: c1824 - 1899

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899

Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.88-116

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.

Dates: c1785 - 1899

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

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Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003

Biography

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Anatomical Representation of a Female Figure Handbill, 1835

Anatomical Representation of a Female Figure Modelled from Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840 - 1850

Female Figure Modelled from the Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840

Florentine Venus Handbill, 23 January 1864

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

John Bramwell Taylor Collection

London Anatomical Museum Handbill, c1866

Regent Street Handbills, c1824 - 1899

Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899

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