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Powell's Circus Royal Poster, c1800 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.32

Scope and Contents

Bridge Road, Hammersmith, Monday 24th April and two following evenings. Mr. Powell and the Infant Equestrians on The Sprite of the Morning Star, Mons. Hengler on the tightrope, Master John Hengler, Master Polaski as the Hihgland Laddie equestrian act, Mr. Grant, strongman on Iron Arm, Little Grenadier or Lilliputian Warrior, still vaulting, Mr. Thorpe on the slack rope, Mr. Adams on Massaroni, The Brigand of the Alpes, King Arthur, The Sylph of the Circle, Morning Star, Jack the Giant Killer. Black type on off white background with black and white illustration of figures on landscape including a cupid a figure climbing up a ladder on a tree and a figure walking out of the sun. From the John Johnson Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford. Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford.

Dates

  • Creation: c1800 - 1899

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 281mm x 810mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Physical Description

Reproduction

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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