Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003
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 17 Collections and/or Records:
A Grand Collection of Waxworks Handbill, 27 December 1789
The Sun Inn, Sadler Street, Durham. Waxwork figures "Just arrived from Fleet Street London".
Baker Street, Portman Square and Egyptian Hall Piccadilly Handbills, 1837 - 1864
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Baker Street, Portman Square and the Egyptian Hall Piccadilly.
Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843
Grand Centrifugal Railway, and Dubourg's Wax Works at Great Windmill St, Haymarket. 200ft Long roller coaster, down a steep incline through a loop and then up another incline to safety at speed of over 100mph. Accompanied by Dubourg's Waxworks exhibition. Printed by George Stuart, 15 Archr-Street, Great Windmill Street, Haymarket.
Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843
Grand Centrifugal Railway, and Dubourg's Wax Works at Great Windmill St, Haymarket. 200ft Long roller coaster, down a steep incline through a loop and then up another incline to safety at speed of over 100mph. Accompanied by Dubourg's Waxworks exhibition. Printed by J.W. Peel, 74, New Cut, Lambeth.
Figures in Wax Handbill, 1 - 31 July 1815
Anthony Giraldelli at 17 Pickett Street, Strand. "Figures in Wax, as large as life and habited in the costume of their respective countries". Printed by T. Wood, 43, Stanhope Street, Clare Market.
Handbills, c1786 - 1968
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.
Handbills for Venues Outside London, 1789 - c1929
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at venues outside London.
Historical Gallery Handbill, 1861
Madame Tussaud's Exhibition at Bazaar. "Small specimen of Artificial Ice is removed from the COLOSSEUM and a surface of 3000 sq ft is now exhibiting and opened to the public for skating on". Illustrated.
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
Leicester Square Handbills, 1835 - 1895
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Leicester Square.
New Addition! Handbill, 1864
Madame Tussaud's Exhibition at Bazaar. Listing new additions for the year.
New Exhibition Handbill, c1786
The Seraglio, Waxworks at Grand Salloon, Lyceum. "A cabinet containing an exact representation of the Seraglio" and other figures.
Piccadilly, Piccadilly Hall and Haymarket Handbills, c1820 - 1885
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Piccadilly, Piccadilly Hall and Haymarket.
Reimers's Anatomical and Ethnological Museum Handbill, 1853
Florentine Venus at Saville House. 500 magnificent preparations in wax including anatomical figures, Florentine Venus, Greek Venus, man's nervous system etc. Printed by J.W. Peel’s Steam Machine, 74 New Cut, Lambeth.
Royal Wax Work Handbill, c1800 - 1830
Mr Sylvester and his Cabinet of Waxworks at 31 College Green, Dublin. Waxworks of King of England, etc.
Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899
Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.
Unrivalled Waxwork Figures Handbill
The Great Panopticum Museum at 35 Leicester Square. Waxworks containing Chamber of Horrors, M Carnot on his death bed, the awful tortures of the inquisition, the guillotine of Paris etc. Illustrated.
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