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Cabinet card photograph of 'Lord' George Sanger, circus proprietor. The card has 'Alfred Petitt, The Art Gallery Studio, Keswick' printed on the front and reverse.

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Cabinet card studio photograph of 'Lord' George Sanger (1827-1911), showman and circus proprietor. The card is printed 'Leslie Dudman and Co. the Rembrandt Studio, Ramsgate' on the front and signed 'George Sanger'.

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Cabinet card studio photograph of 'Lord' George Sanger (1827-1911), showman and circus proprietor.

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Cabinet card studio photograph of 'Lord' George Sanger (1827-1911), circus proprietor. The card is printed with F. Wiedhoff, Highgate, London.

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Cabinet card studio photograph of a woman. The card is printed with 'Henry Flett, Cheapside' on the front.

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Photograph of a circus living wagon from 'Lord' George Sanger's Circus. The wagon has the lettering sign written on the side 'Patronized by the Queen and the Royal Family from London'. The woman inside the wagon is believed to be Ellen 'Topsy' Austin (nee Coleman) granddaughter of 'Lord' George Sanger. The man sitting on the steps is believed to be Harry Austin, Ellen's husband. The standing man is believed to be Harry's brother George Austin.

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Photograph of Astley's Amphitheatre on Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London. Handwritten on front of the photograph 'Dada & Mama, Topsy and Marie on balcony' and also 'Astley's Theatre taken in the last weeks before pulled down'. The people described in the photograph are 'Lord' George Sanger, Ellen Sanger (nee Chapman), Ellen Austin (nee Coleman) and Marie Reeve. 'Lord' George Sanger took over Astley's Amphitheatre in 1871 and ran it until it was pulled down in 1893.

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Photograph of equestrian performer Harry Austin standing on two horses. The image was taken inside the grounds of Balmoral Castle in 1898. Two performers in costume with violins are lying in the grass beside the horses. Harry Austin was part of the Austin Equestrian Troupe and married to Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman granddaughter of 'Lord' George Sanger. The photographer's name 'R. Milne photographer for HM The Queen, Aboyne and Ballater' is on the mount of the photograph.

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Photograph of a tableau wagon from 'Lord' George Sanger's Circus procession depicting Britannia with a lion and a lamb. Britannia was originally played by Ellen Sanger wife of Lord George Sanger, however, this Britannia is most likely to be Georgina Coleman daughter of Laurina Sanger who is noted as playing the role after her grandmother Ellen.

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Photograph of 'Lord' George Sanger and his wife Ellen Sanger with elephants and camels in the foreground. 'Lord George' is marked on the photograph in pen as 'Dada' and Ellen as 'Mama'. The man standing furthest right is William Sanger, Lord George Sanger's brother. The photograph was taken at the 'Hall by the Sea' in Margate.

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Photograph of a large group of people with trophy and framed presentation. The presentation was to 'Lord' George Sanger to mark his retirement from the circus in 1905. Lord George Sanger is seated front row to the left of the trophy. Other members of the Sanger Family are present. John Sanger second row right next to cup. Peter Hoffman back row left of cup. George James Sanger No.3 top row. James Sanger top row 3rd from the right.

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Photograph of sisters (top) Cissie and (bottom) Olive Austin, daughters of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman and Harry Austin. 'Hana London' is printed in the bottom corner.

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Photograph of sisters (top and bottom) Olive Austin and Cissie Austin, daughters of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman and Harry Austin. 'Hana London' is printed in the bottom corner.

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Photograph of sisters (left to right) Cissie and Olive Austin, daughters of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman and Harry Austin. 'Hana London' is printed in the bottom corner.

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Photograph of sisters (left to right) Cissie and Olive Austin, daughters of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman and Harry Austin. 'Hana London' is printed in the bottom corner. Running order and performance details of the comedy act 'Dancing Kim' are listed on the reverse of the photograph.

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Photograph of aerial performers combining poses together whilst suspended from ropes. The photograph is stamped Fielding Albion Place Leeds in the bottom left corner.

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Photograph of a group of equestrian performers seated on horses on a street. These are probably performers from Sanger's Circus.

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Photograph of a group of people on a stage with an 'Oriental' style stage scenery. The women standing in the group are (left to right) Olive and Cissie Austin. The Austin sisters are all daughters of Ellen 'Topsy' Austin (nee Coleman) and Harry Austin and were granddaughters of Lord George Sanger.

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Photograph of three performers, two in sailors' outfits. The photograph is stamped 'Midlands Press Agency Birmingham'. The man to the right is thought to be Harold Moxon, second husband of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman. The man on the left is a performer known as 'Spanish Mo'.

Scope and Contents Group photograph of performers from 'Lord' George Sanger's 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...