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Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003

 Person

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

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.77
Scope and Contents

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".

Dates: 1849

Extraordinary Chemical Illustrations Handbill, 19 September 1823

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.269
Scope and Contents

M. Cornillot at King’s Arms Hall, ‘Change Alley, Cornhill. Pupil and Successor of Pinetti. Printed by W. Wilson, Greville Street, Hatton Garden.

Dates: 19 September 1823

Extraordinary Exhibition Handbill, c1833

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.65
Scope and Contents

Industrious Fleas at 238 Regent Street. Illustrated.

Dates: c1833

Extraordinary Exhibition Handbill, 1 July 1838

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.81
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1 July 1838

Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.31
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1843

Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.32
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1843

Extraordinary Novelty in the Fine Arts Handbill, c1840 - 1850

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.62
Scope and Contents

Xulopyrography at Cosmorama Rooms. The art of engraving on charred wood. Printed by E. and J. Thomas, 6 Exeter Street, Exeter Hill, Strand.

Dates: c1840 - 1850

Extraordinary Peruvian Relic Handbill, c1832

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.149
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1832

Fancy Glass Exhibition in Miniature Handbill, c1850 - 1859

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.266
Scope and Contents

Exhibition with glass spinning and blowing at No. 4 Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London. Printed by Bobart’s, 95 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London.

Dates: c1850 - 1859

Farewell Levees of Gen Tom Thumb Handbill, 1845

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.9
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1845

Farini’s Earthmen Handbill, 1885

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.250
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1885

Farini’s Friendly Zulus Handbill, c1880

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.252
Scope and Contents

Royal Aquarium. Illustrated. Originally brought over by Mr. N. Behrens, from South Africa for Mr G. A. Farini.

Dates: c1880

Female Colossus Handbill, 1824

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.208
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1824

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

Figures in Wax Handbill, 1 - 31 July 1815

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.104
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1 - 31 July 1815

Fine Arts Chartalyceum Exhibition Handbill, c1829

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.232
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1829

Fine Arts Handbill, c1835

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.17
Scope and Contents

Fine Arts at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Exhibition 'representing the principal views and costumes of the French Metropolis'.

Dates: c1835

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

For One Day Only! Handbill, 11 October 1875

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.184
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 11 October 1875

For the Benefit of Mr Parker Handbill, 7 May 1835

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 3: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.329
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 7 May 1835

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Archival Object 369
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Subject
Acrobats 4
Aerialists 5
Amusement rides 4
Animals 56
Archaeology 9