Acrobatics Collection (page 5)

At the limits of daring (Colour Litho)
2777630 At the limits of daring (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the limits of fearless)

Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus, with world famous acrobats (colour litho)
3656547 Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus, with world famous acrobats (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gallant rescue of a workman from a building scaffold (engraving)
736058 Gallant rescue of a workman from a building scaffold (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Street performers on silts (engraving)
585485 Street performers on silts (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London labour and the poor)

Astleys Amphitheatre (coloured engraving)
610642 Astleys Amphitheatre (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Astleys Amphitheatre)

Athletes, Irregular, from the Animal Locomotion series, c. 1881 (b / w photo)
473221 Athletes, Irregular, from the Animal Locomotion series, c.1881 (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures; English, out of copyright

J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats (b / w photo)
3103907 J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats)

Acrobatics in the ice (b / w photo)
5991909 Acrobatics in the ice (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrobatics in the ice)

Acrobats, Jugglers, Impersonators, Entertainers from The Gentil Album
STC147595 Acrobats, Jugglers, Impersonators, Entertainers from The Gentil Album, published in 1774 (gouache on paper) by French School

Gymnastics and acrobatics (engraving)
5228194 Gymnastics and acrobatics (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gymnastics and acrobatics. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon)

Ancient Greek female acrobats (engraving)
5216631 Ancient Greek female acrobats (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek female acrobats)

The Letter X (colour litho)
3642901 The Letter X (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Letter X. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Letter T (colour litho)
3642899 The Letter T (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Letter T. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Jumping through hoops (engraving)
3646742 Jumping through hoops (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jumping through hoops)

Invitation to a public spectacle in Nuremberg (engraving)
3648053 Invitation to a public spectacle in Nuremberg (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invitation to a public spectacle in Nuremberg)

The unique jump of an officer of the English Hussars to the practice of the Royal Tournament in London (colour litho)
2778056 The unique jump of an officer of the English Hussars to the practice of the Royal Tournament in London (colour litho) by Beltrame

Recreation of Niagara Falls in a performance of Le Pays d Or at the Theatre de la Gaite (colour litho)
2818264 Recreation of Niagara Falls in a performance of Le Pays d Or at the Theatre de la Gaite (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Precision acrobatics (colour litho)
2783524 Precision acrobatics (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Precision stunt)

Le Tour Du Monde D Un Gamin De Paris (engraving)
2783278 Le Tour Du Monde D Un Gamin De Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Tour Du Monde D Un Gamin De Paris)

Arena of Astleys Amphitheatre, Surrey Road (engraving)
610644 Arena of Astleys Amphitheatre, Surrey Road (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arena of Astleys Amphitheatre)

The Greenwich Royal Hospital Schools; Gymnasium (engraving)
608920 The Greenwich Royal Hospital Schools; Gymnasium (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Celebrating the Queens Jubilee at Abbottabad, Punjaub (engraving)
1050563 Celebrating the Queens Jubilee at Abbottabad, Punjaub (engraving) by Marie, Adrien Emmanuel (1848-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Celebrating the Queens Jubilee at Abbottabad)

The Japanese Fire Brigade (engraving)
1036571 The Japanese Fire Brigade (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Japanese Fire Brigade)

Acrobatics (engraving)
668264 Acrobatics (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrobatics. Illustration for Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition by Charles Godrey Leland)

Circus Performers; Les Artistes de Cirque, (oil on canvas)
656280 Circus Performers; Les Artistes de Cirque, (oil on canvas) by Forain, Jean Louis (1852-1931); 91.4x72.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Circus Performers; Les Artistes de Cirque)

Thomas Johnson standing on one, two and three horses in full speed (engraving)
558247 Thomas Johnson standing on one, two and three horses in full speed (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Johnson standing on one)

Philip Astley (engraving)
558244 Philip Astley (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philip Astley.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright

Sketch of Mr Astleys System (engraving)
558240 Sketch of Mr Astleys System (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketch of Mr Astleys System.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English

Feast for the Valide Sultana with the presence of Madame Girardin
XIR158847 Feast for the Valide Sultana with the presence of Madame Girardin, the French ambassador (w/c & gouache on paper) by Turkish School; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Stunt horse rider May Wirth performing a somersault, Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia
5987098 Stunt horse rider May Wirth performing a somersault, Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Young Hernandez, at Astleys Amphitheatre (engraving)
1618005 Young Hernandez, at Astleys Amphitheatre (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young Hernandez, at Astleys Amphitheatre)

The Great Dutch Equilibrists Bottle Feat, at Astleys (engraving)
1617428 The Great Dutch Equilibrists Bottle Feat, at Astleys (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Dutch Equilibrists Bottle Feat, at Astley s)

Arab Fantasia, 1866 (oil on canvas)
1197555 Arab Fantasia, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Fortuny y CarbAo (Fortuny i Marsal), Mariano JoseMarAia Bernardo (1838-74); 50.8x62.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Spanish

Plate 368. Acrobat, Descending Stairs on Hands, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950342 Plate 368. Acrobat, Descending Stairs on Hands, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 20x38.4 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

The Letter U (colour litho)
3642900 The Letter U (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Letter U. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Art. Entertainment. Futlaiss brothers, tightrope walkers at the Alcazar d Hiver
3434611 Art. Entertainment. Futlaiss brothers, tightrope walkers at the Alcazar d Hiver, Paris. Poster by Leon Choubrac c.1890 (poster) by Choubrac, Leon (Hope) (1847-85); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle)

Hagenbecks Ceylon village and Indian arena, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908 (b / w photo)
3103920 Hagenbecks Ceylon village and Indian arena, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

With this complicated and dangerous exercise, two German acrobats give to the crowds... (colour litho)
2783570 With this complicated and dangerous exercise, two German acrobats give to the crowds... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Forze d Ercole: The Castellani Acrobats in a Venetian Piazza, c
606230 The Forze d Ercole: The Castellani Acrobats in a Venetian Piazza, c.1746 (oil on canvas) by Nebot, Balthasar (fl.1730-65); 97.2x108 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

"There was an Old Person of Spain, who hated all trouble and pain", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386649 " There was an Old Person of Spain, who hated all trouble and pain", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Publicity leaflet for the Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, c
GUL232033 Publicity leaflet for the Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, c.1890 (colour litho) by Scottish School, (19th century); Glasgow University Library

Performance by French tightrope walker and acrobat Charles Blondin in Brussels (engraving)
6001353 Performance by French tightrope walker and acrobat Charles Blondin in Brussels (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Flying Brothers, trio of acrobats performing at the Berlin Wintergarten theatre, Germany (photo)
5997345 The Flying Brothers, trio of acrobats performing at the Berlin Wintergarten theatre, Germany (photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plate 512. Contortions on Rings, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950358 Plate 512. Contortions on Rings, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 17.6x44 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 511. Contortions on the Ground, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950357 Plate 511. Contortions on the Ground, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 21.4x33.3 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 510. Contortions on the Ground, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950356 Plate 510. Contortions on the Ground, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 18.4x41.9 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

"La Lutte des Voltigeurs, "at Drury-Lane Theatre (engraving)
1617865 " La Lutte des Voltigeurs, " at Drury-Lane Theatre (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " La Lutte des Voltigeurs)

The Circus, 1889 (oil on canvas)
3043080 The Circus, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Valadon, Marie Clementine (Suzanne) (1865-1938); 48.8x60 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; French, out of copyright

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