Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1
Contains 199 Results:
The Indian Museum and Exhibition Handbill, c1800 - 1899
Indian Cosmorama at 801 and 802 Pall Mall. "Extensive assemblage of curiosities" regarding Indian way of life. Printed by J. Haddon, Finsbury.
Magnificent National Picture, 1826
Patriotism of Godiva at 24 Royal Arcade. Portrait of Godiva - accused of injuring lady's delicacies. Printed by J.J. Stockdale, 24 Opera Colonnade.
Leicester Square Handbills, 1835 - 1895
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Leicester Square.
Greatest Wonder of The Age Handbill, c1848
Cantelo's Patent Hydro-Incubator at 4 Leicester Square. Egg hatching machine "Chickens always hatching, machines & chickens constantly on sale" Illustrated. Printed by A. Munro, Machine Printer, Queen’s Head Yard, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Unrivalled Waxwork Figures Handbill
The Great Panopticum Museum at 35 Leicester Square. Waxworks containing Chamber of Horrors, M Carnot on his death bed, the awful tortures of the inquisition, the guillotine of Paris etc. Illustrated.
Grand Café Chantant, Restaurant de l'Univers Programme, 1859
Tableaux Vivants at Leicester Square. During the evening, songs will be sung by the celebrated M Sebastian and M and Mad Montanari. Printed by Grant, 14 Orange Street and 4 Red Lion Square, Holborn, 4pp.
Reimers's Anatomical and Ethnological Museum Handbill, 1853
Florentine Venus at Saville House. 500 magnificent preparations in wax including anatomical figures, Florentine Venus, Greek Venus, man's nervous system etc. Printed by J.W. Peel’s Steam Machine, 74 New Cut, Lambeth.
Now Exhibiting the Fairy Queen Handbill, c1885 - 1889
Fairy Queen at 43 Cranbourne Street. "13 months old, 16 inches high and weighs only about 5 pounds"
Historical and Political Pictures Handbill, 1 - 30 June 1835
Louis David at 6 Leicester Square. "Drawings, Studies and Sketches by the celebrated Louis David principal painter to Napoleon”.
Miller's Mechanical and Beautiful Picturesque Representations Handbill, 1865
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.
Voice and Instrumental Concert Handbill, 1 - 28 February 1858
Concert at Café Chantant, Restaurant de l'Univers. French themed café and concert. Printed by Grant, 14 Orange Street, Bloomsbury Square.
Oxford Street and Holborn Handbills, 1830 - 1968
Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Oxford Street and Holborn.
The British Diorama Handbill, 1830
The Physiorama, Jolly Beggars and Large Black Walnut Tree at Queen's Bazaar. British Diorama. Four views of recent/historical events i.e. "Bristol on fire during the riots". Physiorama. Fourteen views of Britain including, "Nottingham Castle on fire during the riots". Jolly Beggars - "Illustrative of Burn's Celebrated Cantata" eight sculptures. Printed by Nichols and Sons, Earl’s Court, Cranbourn Street, 2pp.
The Royal Clarence Vase Handbill, c1831
Royal Clarence Vase at Queen's Bazaar. Exhibition in the Canopy room at the Queen's Bazaar. "Vase weighs 8 tons, height 14ft, diameter 12ft". Printed by Nichols and Sons, Earl’s Court, Cranbourn Street, Soho.
Norway Horse and Sultan Dog at Mr Pearse's Auction Rooms Handbill, c1850 - 1860
Norway Horse, 32 inches high, 6 yrs old. Largest Sultan Dog - just arrived from North Pole, "2ft high, 5ft long, colour like a tyger". Printed by Robarts, 16 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street.
The Euterpeon Handbill, c1833
Euterpeon at Queen's Bazaar. At the Concert Room, Queen's Bazaar. Euterpeon is a self-performing musical instrument. "Unites the full effect of a first rate Orchestre with the appropriate pauses modulations and cadences.
Splendid Exhibition Handbill, c1830
Mr Wilmhurst's Magnificent Painted Window at 15 Oxford Street. Large painting on glass of the "Tournament of the Field of the Cloth of Gold". Printed by Nichols and Sons, Earl’s Court, Cranbourn Street, 2p.p.
Extraordinary Peruvian Relic Handbill, c1832
Entire Body of a Peruvian Woman at 172 High Holborn. Body of a Peruvian woman "Buried alive over 500 years ago" and "The body being exhumed, it was found to be in a state of the most perfect preservation". Printed by Turner and Co., Wood Street, one door from Cheapside, London.
Apollo Presents John Lemm Handbill, 18 April 1910
John Lemm at The Oxford. John Lemm - Famous Wrestling Champion. "John Lemm will forfeit the sum of five pounds to any man whom he fails to defeat in ten minutes. (No challenges will be accepted from the front of the house)". Photograph. Printed by Oldfield and Co., Camberwell New Road, S.E.
Miss C. Heenan at The Universum Handbill, 1968
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.