Gymnasts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Pablo Fanque Darby's Royal Tenting Company Poster, 1847
Item
Reference code: 178R47.16
Scope and Contents
Professor Hemming and his Infant Sons acrobatic act, Pablo Fanque Darby's company of female equestrians, Mr. Pablo Fanque Junior equestrian act and tightrope acrobatics act, Mr. Orford banjo and singing act, Mr. Williams equestrian act, Mr. Burdett strongman, The Four Elastique Sauteurs gymnastic act, Olympian Miracles equestrian feast by Mr. Williams and Mr. O'Donnell, The Polka Horse, Alexis the Intrepid, Master Gee equestrian act, Mr. Fenner juggler, Misses H. and C. Cotterill equestrian...
Dates:
1847
Posters, c1800 - 2011
Series
Reference code: 178R47
Scope and Contents
A wide range of British and international circus and menagerie posters ranging from the 19th to the 21st century including Astley's Amphitheatre, Pablo Fanque, Polito, Bostock and Wombwell, Ducrow, Cooke, Hengler, Sanger, Smart, Gerry Cottle, Bertram Mills, Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers, Fossett, Blackpool Tower, Billy Russell, Belle Vue, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Austen Brothers and many more.
Dates:
c1800 - 2011
Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930
Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents
Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.
Dates:
c1800 - 1930