Lord George Sanger's Great Hippodramatic and Spectacular Circus Programme, c1800 - 1899
Scope and Contents
Mdlles. Marie and Yetta on the lofty wire, Brothers Artois on the horizontal bar, James Holloway, Brothers Austin, Mr. Joseph Craston with clairboyant and talking horse, Tipster, Mdlles. Violet, Topsy and Rose, on the slack wire, H. Austin, equestrian act, Dance Linwood, clown, Prof. James in ladder act, Mdlle. Florezell, contorsionist act, Mdlle. Lillian equestrian act, James Holloway clown, Madame Pauline de Vere lion tamer, Harry Whitely's singing donkey, Messrs. Cottrell and Austen, equestrian act, The Fernandez Family, trapeze act, Sisters Ani and Ino aerial gymnasts, Herr Ulric aerial act, Professor Henry lion tamer, Great War in the Soudan and Fall of Khartoum. Black type on white background listing cast of performers and acts. Printed by Harris and Sons, Steam Printers, Eastgate, Rochester.
Dates
- Creation: c1800 - 1899
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 193mm x 253mm
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 (Person)
- Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 (Person)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
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