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Exhibitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: NFCA use as an entertainment genre not a museum exhibition

Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:

Lambeth Flower Show Handbill, 19 July 1887

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.179
Scope and Contents

Flower Show at Lambeth Palace Grounds. "By permission of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury". Printed by G. Masters, Rose Cottage, Regent Street, S.E.

Dates: 19 July 1887

Leicester Square Handbills, 1835 - 1895

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.136-143
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Leicester Square.

Dates: 1835 - 1895

Living Curiosity Handbill, c1820 - 1826

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.30
Scope and Contents

T.T. Angell, at Grand Theatre of Arts. T.T. Angell, Seaman, Attacked by Croup-operation to relieve respiration problems, had silver tube implanted into neck.' Has no smell and cannot speak without the aid of his finger, which is considered the greatest novelty offered to the British public'. Printed by Robarts, 95, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street.

Dates: c1820 - 1826

Living Ourang Outans! Handbill, c1830 - 1839

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.2
Scope and Contents

Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Male and female Orangutans, One from Borneo - other from River Gambia. 'Connecting link between man and the brute creation'.

Dates: c1830 - 1839

Living Phenomenon of the Feminine Sex Handbill, 1841

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.91
Scope and Contents

Bearded Lady at Somerset Gallery, Strand. "Extraordinary Phenomenon of the Feminine sex, having a beard of 6 inches in length, whiskers and moustachios". Printed by Lowe, 3 Upper Street, St. Martin’s Lane, Long Acre.

Dates: 1841

Lockhart's Marvellous Performing Elephants Handbill, c1890 - 1899

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.120
Scope and Contents

Performing Elephants at Royal Aquarium, Westminster. “Twice daily”. Printed by R.E. King and Co., Denmark Street, London.

Dates: c1890 - 1899

London Anatomical Museum Handbill, c1866

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.55
Scope and Contents

London Anatomical Museum. Illustration of premises.

Dates: c1866

Lots of Fun! Handbill, 1851

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.130
Scope and Contents

Industrious Fleas, at Sloane Street Gallery. “The Curious and Amusing Exhibition”.

Dates: 1851

Madame Duval's Splendid Tableaux Vivans Handbill, c1849

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.22
Scope and Contents

Living Serpent novelty at Minerva Hall, Haymarket. 'Madame Duval and her talented troupe of male and female artistes.' Accompanied by, 'a magnificent highly trained Living Serpent. The Anaconda just arrived from the Continent.' Used in a series of tableaux, 'Eve tempting Adam, the Indian Girl'.

Dates: c1849

Madame Warton's Original and Classic Exhibition Handbill, 14 January 1861

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.95
Scope and Contents

Exhibition at Royal Adelaide Gallery. "Madame Warton's Original & Classic Exhibition Grand vocal & Instrumental Concert".

Dates: 14 January 1861

Magnificent National Picture, 1826

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.135
Scope and Contents

Patriotism of Godiva at 24 Royal Arcade. Portrait of Godiva - accused of injuring lady's delicacies. Printed by J.J. Stockdale, 24 Opera Colonnade.

Dates: 1826

Microcosm Handbill, 18 August 1833

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.60
Scope and Contents

Carpenters Grand Achromatic Microscope at 24 Regent Street. Exhibited by hydro-oxygen gas. Also compound microscopes, telescopic kaleidoscope, phantascopia and cosmoramas. Printed by H. Starik, 23 Titchbourne Street, Regent’s Quadrant.

Dates: 18 August 1833

Microscopical Exhibition Handbill, c1850 - 1899

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.171
Scope and Contents

The Lively Flea at Crystal Palace. Exposition of all things tiny/able to be magnified by microscope. "Opposite the great crystal fountain - south transept". Printed by Bowers Brothers, Steam Printers, 89 Blackfriars Road, London.

Dates: c1850 - 1899

Miles's Celebrated Glass Working Exhibition in Miniature Handbill, 1835

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.93
Scope and Contents

Glass Working Exhibition in Miniature at 161 Strand. "Glass blowing, modelling and working of different kinds of figures and other devices in glass of various colours" inc A Ship, Lord Mayor's Coach with 6 Horses and the Lord Chancellor's Wig. Illustrated. Printed by J. Jarmain, 52, Galway-street, St Luke’s.

Dates: 1835

Miller's Mechanical and Beautiful Picturesque Representations Handbill, 1865

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.142
Scope and Contents

Mechanical and Picturesque Representations at Saville House. "Forming elegant and wonderful pieces of mechanism consisting of views with animated objects!!!" including view of the rising sun, view of the city of Geneva etc. Printed by C. Handy, 23 Whitcomb Street, Liverpool.

Dates: 1865

Miscellaneous Photographs, c1980 - 1990

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C85.1439-1533
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous colour slides by Dick Scott-Stewart showing sculptures, paintings and a performance art event, also full body portraits of people.

Dates: c1980 - 1990

Miss C. Heenan at The Universum Handbill, 1968

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.151
Scope and Contents

369 Oxford Street, London. "The Great American Prize Lady" " She is 26in around the muscle of the arm, 3ft 6 inches across the shoulders and 7 feet round the body" Illustrated. Printed by Corden, Machine Printer, 26 and 27 Gee Street, St. Luke’s, E.C.

Dates: 1968

Missourium Theristrocaulodon Handbill, 1842

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.255
Scope and Contents

Mammoth Skeleton at Tommey’s hotel, Dublin. Illustrated. Gigantic remains of a Mammoth. Printed by C. Crookes, 87 Capel Street, Dublin.

Dates: 1842

Model of Lincoln Cathedral Handbill, c1850 - 1859

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.215
Scope and Contents

A Model of Lincoln Cathedral, made from One Million Eight Hundred Old Corks exhibited by James Anderton. "Model of Lincoln cathedral made from one million eight hundred old corks".

Dates: c1850 - 1859

Mons Dihl at Western Exchange Exhibition Handbill, c1817

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.74
Scope and Contents

Gallery of paintings on plate glass. Printed by P. Reynolds, 37 Wigmore Street, Cavandish Square.

Dates: c1817