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 370 Collections and/or Records:
Exhibition of Works of Sculpture Handbill, 1849
Mr Antoine Etex at 21 Old Bond Street, Stanley's Rooms. "Groups, Statutes, Bas-reliefs etc in Bronze & marble of most of the remarkable men of the late revolutions".
Extraordinary Chemical Illustrations Handbill, 19 September 1823
M. Cornillot at King’s Arms Hall, ‘Change Alley, Cornhill. Pupil and Successor of Pinetti. Printed by W. Wilson, Greville Street, Hatton Garden.
Extraordinary Exhibition Handbill, c1833
Industrious Fleas at 238 Regent Street. Illustrated.
Extraordinary Exhibition Handbill, 1 July 1838
Asbestos Weaving at Western Exchange, Old Bond Street. The lost art of asbestos weaving and spinning. "To what revolutions in the fabrication of stuffs for clothing this discovery may lead to it is not possible at present to say". Printed by E. and J. Thomas, Exeter Street, Strand.
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.
Extraordinary Novelty in the Fine Arts Handbill, c1840 - 1850
Xulopyrography at Cosmorama Rooms. The art of engraving on charred wood. Printed by E. and J. Thomas, 6 Exeter Street, Exeter Hill, Strand.
Extraordinary Peruvian Relic Handbill, c1832
Entire Body of a Peruvian Woman at 172 High Holborn. Body of a Peruvian woman "Buried alive over 500 years ago" and "The body being exhumed, it was found to be in a state of the most perfect preservation". Printed by Turner and Co., Wood Street, one door from Cheapside, London.
Fancy Glass Exhibition in Miniature Handbill, c1850 - 1859
Exhibition with glass spinning and blowing at No. 4 Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London. Printed by Bobart’s, 95 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London.
Farewell Levees of Gen Tom Thumb Handbill, 1845
Tom Thumb, Previous to his final departure for America at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Previous to his final departure for America. The General is apparently four times the length of this handbill. Illustration. Printed by T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket.
Farini’s Earthmen Handbill, 1885
Pygmies or Dwarf Races. N’con N’qui, N’fim N’fom, Nzep, N’co, N’icy, and N’arkar at Albert Hall, Battersea. “Exhibiting their beautifully-formed hand and feet, their spiral tufted hair, and their monkey-like language”. Printed by Aubert’s Steam Printing Works, 11 Maiden Lane, Strand.
Farini’s Friendly Zulus Handbill, c1880
Royal Aquarium. Illustrated. Originally brought over by Mr. N. Behrens, from South Africa for Mr G. A. Farini.
Female Colossus Handbill, 1824
Female Colossus or celebrated Swiss giantess, 19 years old, six feet seven inches tall. Giantess Catherine Boebner at 125 St James's St, Brighton. Printed by Fleet, Brighton.
Female Figure Modelled from the Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840
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.
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.
Fine Arts Chartalyceum Exhibition Handbill, c1829
Manor courtroom, Brown-street, Manchester. Consists of a number of views where the artist has created a 3D effect. Printed by W.H.Jones, 22 Market Street, Manchester.
Fine Arts Handbill, c1835
Fine Arts at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Exhibition 'representing the principal views and costumes of the French Metropolis'.
Florentine Venus Handbill, 23 January 1864
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.
For One Day Only! Handbill, 11 October 1875
Admiral Tom Trump at Horn's Assembly Rooms. “His height being only twenty-six inches, which is six inches less than Ton Thumb.” Printed by Phillips Bros., 113 London Road, S.E.
For the Benefit of Mr Parker Handbill, 7 May 1835
Merchant Of Venice at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Also farce ’Turning the Tables’ and drama ‘The Note-Forger’. For the Benefit of Mr. Parker. Printed by W. Wright.
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