Scope and Contents Group photograph of performers from Lord George Sanger Circus taken at the Royal Estate, Balmoral, Scotland when the circus presented a Royal Performance for Queen Victoria in 1898. Front row, left to right: standing far left George Austin, fifth from left (in jockey costume) Harry Austin, man seated seventh from left a member of the Holloway family, person in costume with horns, fourth from right, Raynor Troupe member. Second row, left to right: fifth from left Kate Holloway and sixth from...

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Photograph of Lord George Sanger Circus with tent, equestrian performers and circus workers, trainers and grooms on the Royal Estate in Scotland in Balmoral, Scotland.

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Photograph of the tableau wagon from Lord George Sanger Circus featuring the 'Lion and Lamb'. The tableau wagon features a woman dressed as Britannia next to a live lion and lamb.

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Photograph of a circus lion in a beast wagon cage.

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Photograph of a clown from Sanger's circus standing in between two chairs.

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Photograph of a performer on a white horse held by Harry Austin and a clown reaching out with his arm towards the horse in front of a circus tent.

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Photograph of a clown from Lord George Sanger Circus holding a mop.

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Photograph of a man doing a handstand on the street.

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Photograph of a couple with Zulu warrior. 'Taken with one of the chiefs at a --affir dance' written on the reverse.

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Photograph of female equestrian seated on a pony next to a circus ringmaster standing in front of a tent.

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Photograph of two clowns pretending to be using a cement mixer in front of a building.

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Photograph of a female juggler, juggling hoops in the street.

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Cartes des visites full body portrait of a girl in equestrian outfit. The card is printed with R. C. Arnold, Market Drayton.

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Photograph of a troupe of performers, possibly acrobats, from Sanger's Circus. The man on the back row, furthest right, is believed to be Harry Austin (husband of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman). The man to the left of him is believed to be a member of the Holloway family. The man on the left of the front row is believed to be George Austin.

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Photograph of a group of women, the woman in the centre of the group is believed to be a member of the Sanger family.

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Photograph of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman between two circus performers. To the left of Ellen is a clown with bagpipes. To the right is her brother in law George Austin in equestrian costume. The photograph was taken at Lord George Sanger Circus. The clown is possibly Ellen's father Alexander Coleman, known as Little Sandy.

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Three quater portrait of tightrope performer Yetta Schultz.

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Photograph of a group of female equestrian performers in elaborately decorated costume. The performers are with Sanger's Circus. Costumes such as these were used in Lord George Sanger Circus parade. Lord John Sanger Circus featured a parade in which five sisters Ida, Victoria, Dagmar, Maude and Jennie Sanger rode side saddle dressed in 'Gainsborough' costumes.

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Photograph of a groom with four piebald horses from Sanger's Circus.

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Photograph of performers from Sanger's Circus. The image shows a clown being chased by a man dressed in coarse blanket type costume, with black make-up and a club. The clown is believed to be George Holloway. This maybe an act that Lord George Sanger Circus had mentioned in the programme (178K45.1) called 'Koho the Indian Chief and Albert the Clown'.