Tableaux vivants
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dreams of Assyria Handbill, 1879
Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.12
Scope and Contents
Dreams of Assyria at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 'Tableaux imbued with the associations of Asiatic splendour. Situations portrayed and narratives recited while vocal and musical accompaniments assist the effect of the pictorial realisations'. Illustrated. Printed by J.B. Lambe and Co., 199 Upper Thames Street, E.C., 4pp.
Dates:
1879
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