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2006AH6293-01

Negus the Lion in Bertram Mills' Circus, photo Baron Nicholas de Racozcy. London, England, mid-20th century

2006AH6011-01

Roller Skating on a Drum, photo W. Fleischer. Berlin, Germany, late 19th century

2006AJ7187-01

Kaufmann's Trick Cyclists. Great Britain, late 19th to early 20th century

2006BD6205-01

Mr Grimaldi as a Clown. London. England, 1833

2006AH6378-01

Acrobat Pansy Chinery in the trapeze. Britain, 1916

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Design for a clown ring game. Germany, early 20th century

2006AG8857-01

Offstage view at the Talk of the Town. UK, 1960

2006AH1415-01

Gertie Miller as Pierrot in Our Miss Gibbs. Britain, 1902

2006AH5416-01

The pantomime Cinderella at the Drury Lane Theatre. England, Britain, 1895

2006AH5460-01

Juliette's Wonder Sea lions. England, early 20th century

2006AG8963-01

Music sheet cover of The Palace Lancers, by Charles Sheard & Co. London, England, 1891

2006AG8990-01

Music sheet cover of The Boys That Mind the Shop, by H. G. Banks. London, England, early 20th century

2006AG9001-01

Music sheet of I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark. London, England, early 20th century

2006AG9015-01

Music sheet cover of Bother the Men. London, England, 19th century

2006AG9039-01

Charlot's Keep Smiling. London, England, 1913

2006AH0657-01

Poster of Dr. Nikola, by Stanley L. Wood. London, England, 1895

2006AH1008-01

Magazine supplement depicting Finale Royal Command Performance, by Gerlach, Bushnell and Claude Harris. London, England, 1912

2006AH1071-01

Cover of a souvenir programme from the Gaiety Theatre. London, England, 1889

2006AH6152-01

West's Harlequin. England, early 20th century

2006AH6187-01

Myers' American Circus Auctioned. US, late 19th century

2006AE5404-01

A clown in a burlesque imitations of ballerinas. Britain, 19th century

2006AG9014-01

Music sheet of Champagne Charlie. London, England, 19th century

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Hullo Papa, Mr.George Cooper as Pantaloon in The Harlequinade, by A.C Cooper. Britain, 1899

2006AH1397-01

Susan Hampshire, Philip Guard and Robert McBain in Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds's Follow that Girl at Vaudeville Theatre, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1960

2006BA4768-01

Morecambe and Wise with Tommy Steele, photo Harry Hammond. England, 1958

2006AH6291-01

The Two Arvings' Unicycle Act in Bertram Mills' Circus, photo Baron Nicholas de Racozcy. London, England, mid-20th century

2006AH6410-01

Florence Stephenson in Bertram Mills' Circus, photo Baron Nicholas de Racozcy. London, England, mid-20th century

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Betram Mills Circus at Olympia. London, England, 1937

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The Flying Man, by F. Marion. England, 1872

2006AH6461-01

Grand International Cirque Programme. London, England, 1884

2006AT0425-01

Circus: The Fattest Woman in the World. Brussels, Belgium, 1928

2006BD5380-01

Olympia Circus and Fun Fair: Under the Direction of Bertram W. Mills. London, England, early 20th century

2006AV3355-01

THM/234, Print, Mr.Grimaldi as a Clown. Published by Dyer, City Rd. No.42, Neg No. R1400 Stone Collection, Engraving

2006AV2070-01

Acrobats. Madras, India, late 18th century

2006AH5473-01

Family of Acrobats, photo Elliott and Fry. London, England, late 19th century

2006AT6068-01

Circus figures, detail. Germany, 19th century

2006AT6095-01

Circus acrobats, detail. Germany, 19th century

2006BF8833-01

Mr Van Amburgh with trained lions and tigers. Europe, 18th-19th century

2006AH5429-01

The Elliotts and Savonas, photo P.Bustin. Britain, late 19th century

2006AH5620-01

Trick Cyclist. Britain, late 19th century