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Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Egyptian Hall Handbills, c1821 - 1883
Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.1-20
Scope and Contents
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London.
Dates:
c1821 - 1883
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates:
c1786 - 2003
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
The Wild Man of the Prairies or 'What is it'? Handbill, 1846
Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.1
Scope and Contents
Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Is it Human? Is it an animal? Is it an extraordinary freak of nature? Missing link between man and Ourang-Outang. Flyer details savage living habits, primarily eating fruit and nuts but occasionally must be given a meal of RAW MEAT. ‘Not entirely domesticated tho not averse to exhibition.’ Printed by Francis, 25 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, 4pp.
Dates:
1846