Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1
Contains 199 Results:
Mr F.M. Uffner's Latest Collection of Living Curios Handbill, 24 February 1883
General Tiny Mite, Chang The Great Chinese Giant, The Madagascar Family, The White Moors, and Zaluma Medea, at Piccadilly Hall Gen Tiny Mite, Chang, the Great Chinese Giant, combined with a pleasing and refined parlour entertainment .Printed by Walter Smith, Steam Printers, 61 and 62 High Street, London, W.C., 2pp.
Gen Tom Thumb and his Beautiful Little Wife Handbill, 1865
General Tom Thumb, Commodore Nutt, and Minnie Warren at St James Hall, Piccadilly. Midget variety act, encompassing all of Gen Tom Thumb's family, wife daughters etc. Printed by Brickhill and Bateman, Steam Publishing Works, Newington Butts, S.
Midgets at Home Handbill, 1 December 1882
General Mite, and Millie Edwards at Piccadilly Hall. Poem about the two dawrfs.
Mademoiselle Schauroth's Concert, 2 July 1823
Mademoiselle Schauroth's Concert at New Argyll Rooms. A selection of pieces for the piano. Printed by Joseph Mallett, 59 Wardour Street, Soho, London.
Regent Street Handbills, c1824 - 1899
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Regent Street.
Angrezini's Exhibition Handbill, 1827
Mr Sievier's Marble Christ on Cross at Cosmorama Rooms. Exhibition of various statues including Christ on the cross, Venus and cupid and 'a Monument to the Memory of the Late C. Dibdin'. Printed by Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand.
A Catalogue of Dioramic Tableaux Handbill, 22 June 1835
George Robin's Auction at Cosmorama Rooms. Auction of 'Five splendid representations forming a series of historical Dioramic Tableaux of the interior of the Houses of Lords & Commons, prior to the Conflagration', 6pp.
Siamese Youths, United Brothers Handbill, c1829 - 1830
Chang and Eng at Cosmorama Rooms. 'Siamese' coinjoined twins exhibiting, 'well formed and in full health and display all the faculties of the mind in their fullest extent'. Illustrated. Printed by W. Turner, City Printing Office, 96 Cheapside.
The Royal George Handbill, October 1834
The Royal George, Deane’s Royal Submarine Exhibition at Cosmorama Rooms. Series of oil paintings illustrating Mr Deane's peculiar machinery used for the investigation of the wreck of the Royal George at the depth of 70 to 80 ft. Printed by L. Harrison, 17 Oxford Street.
Spoils of the Ocean Handbill, c1835
Royal Submarine Exhibition at Cosmorama Rooms. Exhibition of curious and salvage of Mr Deane, having used his new diving apparatus. Printed by L. Harrison, Printer, 17, Oxford Street, 2pp.
Typorama Isle of Wight Model Handbill, 1838
Modelled view of the Undercliff of Isle of Wight at 107 Quadrant. 3ft to Mile, 25 Ft Long, 125sqft scale model of coast line of Isle of Wight with houses etc, with large collection of fossils, insects, plants and sea weeds.
Exhibition of the Etruscan Museum Handbill, c1830 - 1839
Exhibition of Antique Vases and Other Curiosities at 202 Regent Street. Dug up on the estate of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, from the tombs of the Ancient Etruscan Kings. Printed by Russells Printers, Guildford.
Achromatic and Sapphire Solar Microscopic Exhibition Handbill, c1840 - 1850
Achromatic and Sapphire Solar Microscopic Exhibition at Albany Rooms, York and Albany Tavern.'A grand spectacle of living aquatic insects, animalcules and other portions of Minute Nature Magnified several thousand times and occupying an area of upwards of 90 square feet'.
The Industrious Fleas Handbill, c1833
The Industrious Fleas at 209 Regent Street. Various flea shows including 'The flea Hercules' & 'The Flea duel'. Illustrated. Printed by G. Scace, 62 Tottenham Court Road.
Wonderful Mechanism, The Exeter Clock Handbill, c1825
Wonderful Mechanism, The Exeter Clock at Cosmorama Rooms. 'Most perfect piece of mechanism in the world'. Weighing half ton, 10ft High and 5 ft Wide.Printed by E. and J. Thomas, Printers, Exeter Street, Strand.
Most Interesting to All Handbill, c1858
Court of Lahore, 50 Original Portraits at Cosmorama Rooms. With a series of Indian Paintings. Printed by S.G. Fairbrother, 31 Bow Street, Covent Garden.
London Anatomical Museum Handbill, c1866
London Anatomical Museum. Illustration of premises.
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.
Ghost at Christmas Handbill, November 1889 - December 1889
Professor Pepper's Ghost at Christmas at Royal Polytechnic Institute, 309 Regent Street. Revival of Pepper's Ghost at Christmas by Professor Pepper. See: The Times, Dec 27, 1889; pg 4; Issue 32893; col. C for a review. Illustrated.
Anatomical Representation of a Female Figure Modelled from Venus De Medicis Handbill, c1840 - 1850
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.