Circuses Collection

Wombwells Menagerie, Crystal Palace, 1897 Date: 1897

Bertram Mills Circus
A centaur style illustration, featuring a clown and a circus horse, adorn the cover of a programme for performances at Olympia, London

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Bertram Mills Lorry
The Circus Comes to Town! A picturesque setting for the Bertarm Mills Circus, at Maidstone, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Astleys Amphitheatre
Philip Astleys amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London : loved by Dickens, this was also the scene of clowns such as Grimaldi, and popular melodrama

Transfield circus family
Members of the Transfield family, who ran a popular travelling circus in the late 19th century. Pictured in their costumes are Ann Polly, Teddy Beppo, Tom, Florrie and Rose. Date: 1953

The Hippodrome building, London
The Hippodrome building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. Date: 1900s

Anderton and Haslams Menagerie, 1894 Date: 1894

Entertainment agent advert
W G Sylvester, entertainment agent, 1900 Date: 1900

Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916

The Royal Surrey Theatre
The Surrey Theatre, London began life in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, one of the many circuses that provided entertainment of both horsemanship and drama (hippodrama)

Cartoon portrait, Mrs A de Parravicini, theatrical agent - He wouldn t care if all our theatres were turned into circuses. 1886

The Hippodrome building, London
The Hippodrome building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. Date: 1900s

Horseback dancer at a circus
Horseback dancer dressed as a ballerina performs in the ring with some clowns and a beautiful white horse, all under the direction of the ringmaster. Date: 1890s

The Way of the World by G Howard Watson and W P Sheen
Promotional postcard for The Way of the World by G. Howard Watson and W. P. Sheen. The image shows Sidney Crowe as Adele de la Roche. The circus lions can be seen behind her. Date: circa 1905

Hagenbecks Great Zoological Show at Olympia, London
The Christmas Holiday Season - among the birds and beast at Olympia, London - Hagenbecks Great Zoological Show - which featured a full circus show and zoo. Date: 1914

Victorian clown greetings card
Back design of a greetings card from the Victorian era featuring three clowns wearing colourful, striped knickerbockers, clambering over the edge of the card

The Queen of the Jaguars and her Trained Troupe
Madame Morelli pictured with her jaguars, part of Bostocks famous menagerie. Date: 1904

Pinders French Circus
The Big Top marquee of Pinders French circus. Date: 1930s

Lion act
Charles Prinzs lions, Madmoiselle Marcella and her special troupe, 1904 Date: 1904

Bottle walking lion
Charles Prinzs lions, Leza the bottle walker, 1904 Date: 1904

The Cole Bros. Circus arriving in town. Showing Monday 22nd June, 1908. 1908

Lord George Sanger with his ponies
Lord George Sanger (1827-1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor who ran shows and circuses throughout much of the 19th century and early 20th with his brother John

Lord George Sangers horses at auction, London
Lord George Sanger (1827-1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor who ran shows and circuses throughout much of the 19th century and early 20th with his brother John

Funeral cortege of George Sanger, Ramsgate, Kent

Lion in a cage at Circus Altenburg. Landskrona Sweden 1955. Date: 1955

The Tatler Christmas Number front cover, 1953
Front cover of The Tatler Christmas Number, 1953 featuring a scene inside a circus big top, with children being entertained by clowns and a girl acrobat on horseback. Date: 1953

Christmas Time is Circus Time by H. L. Oakley
A lovely silhouette cut out showing a jolly circus scene including horses, clowns, seals, tigers jumping through hoops, performing dogs and monkeys, an elephant and trapeze artists

Polar bears in a cage at Washington D. C. circus
Polar bears in a cage at Washington D.C. circus

Circus animals on parrade down a street in Washington D. C
Circus animals on parrade down a street in Washington D.C

May it Go With a Swing by Rojan
A Christmas Card wish on the front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a circus scene with a guitar playing clown in the foreground

Imperial Fetes
Parisians celebrate the Fetes de l Empereur in the Champ de Mars : he keeps his subjects happy with bread and circuses

Sacred White Elephant
The sacred white Burmese Elephant secured by P T Barnum in 1883, named Toung Taloung. Such an animal had been sought with a passion by Barnum for many years

Moscow State Circus
A female acrobat skillfully balances on one arm on a male acrobats head. Photographed when the circus was visiting Cornwall, England

Circus Flaminius-Recon
Reconstruction of the Circus Flaminius

Circus of Caracalla
A restored view of the Circus of Caracalla in Rome

Circus Maximus
Reconstruction of the Circus Maximus

Circus of Ant. Caracalla
Reconstruction of the Circus of Antonius Caracalla

Circus Maximus -Restored
Reconstruction of the Circus MAXIMUS

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