Circus Maximus, 16th century
from a book by Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archeologist, 1529-1568, published posthumously (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top edge: (beneath moat, in Latin) POMPAE · CIRCENSIS · A · PRIS... More
[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... More
[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... More
[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... More
[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... More
[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... More
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Punchinellos Outside a Circus
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)
Chinese Mongol Circus, scroll painting
Unidentified Artist Chinese Yuan (1271–1368) or Ming (1368–1644) dynasty
Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.
Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... More
[Circus sketches: acrobats and circus animals]
Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1960.
Circus. Monday evening, March 9, 1829. The managers have the honor to ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 193, Folder 20.
Circus Galop - to Miss Emilie Shierenberg
Music cover - woman bareback rider in circus ring. LOT subdivision subject: Circus, Carnivals and Fairs. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Jewett & Mischka, 263 Ma... More
Circus Royal, Colchester. To Mr. Batty, after visiting his olympic pav...
Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 57, Folder 32.
Fifty dollars will be given for any information as to the scoundrel wh...
On verso: 47. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 27.
In the Heart of Modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England
Strohmeyer & Wyman (American)
[Details from the Circensian games, Ancient Rome: fig. 1 procession on...
Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, 1851, v. 1, plate 14. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sports; It. Rome Hist.; Chariots; Roman games;Arch., Roman; Shelf.
Villikins and Dinah. As sung by Bill Lake, at Spalding & Rogers' Circu...
Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156, Folder 17.
Rivers & Derious' combination circus! and Bedouin Arab troupe for a sh...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 6 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 51b. Copy scanned: 2
Utagawa Yoshikazu - Untitled (Circus in Yokohama)
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active ca. 1850–1870) Edo period (1615–1868)
Will exhibit at Roxbury, Thursday, Sept. 9th, 1869, J.M. French's Orie...
Broadside illustrated with herd of camels pulling carriage, people on horseback, etc. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Posters; Circus; Animals.
[Aerial balloon performance with tents and audience below]
Bella C. Landauer collection. Appears to be one sheet from a larger poster. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.
[Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while susp...
Title devised by Library staff. Tissandier collection.
French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple (Asa...
Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Ella Zuila, the Australian funambuliste
K11710 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
The human canon ball
K9060 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Cirque dʹhiver ... Tous les soirs,à 8 heures / Stafford & Co., Notting...
French circus poster shows an aerialist floating with arms outstretched above a city skyline with a balloon in the background. Title from item. Tissandier collection.
Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena
Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair. The portrait on the center balloon is possibly Miss Stena. Title from item. Tissandier collection.
Brevkort med odaterat motiv mot Frälsningsarméns möteslokal i Linköpin...
Brevkort med odaterat motiv mot Frälsningsarméns möteslokal i Linköping. Byggnaden uppfördes i början av 1880-talet som teater- och cirkusbyggnad i den så kallade Wernerska trädgården, som under 1800-talets sen... More
Cirkus på ridhuset. Karl Ek och köpman Fagerström.
Cirkus på ridhuset. Karl Ek och köpman Fagerström.
Bilden visar ett repro av ett medfaret men unikt motiv från den så kal...
Bilden visar ett repro av ett medfaret men unikt motiv från den så kallade Wernerska trädgården i Linköping. Tiden är första delen av 1880-talet. Den skarpsynte kan på standaret utläsa att det rör sig om det pa... More
KREMO/ PISTOLIER/ REVOLVERSCHÜTZE
Affiche Signature - S.B.G. (coupé): " FRE /18 " Lettre - " KREMO/ PISTOLIER/ REVOLVERSCHÜTZE " Lettre - B.D.: " DR. V. M. DEUTSCH, BUDAPEST. " Marque du musée - B.D.: " CARNAVALET " Timbre - H.C. timbre fiscal ... More
A Spangled World. Life With the Circus
Cover of A Spangled World, c1883 by Richard K. Fox, with illustration of dancing woman. Copyrighted by Richard K. Fox. cf: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Summer 1983, p. 220. This record cont... More
Chiarini's Circus (Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba)
Utagawa Masanobu (Japanese, active ca. 1882–87) Meiji period (1868–1912)
Illustration of the Imperial Excursion to see the Charini's Circus (Ch...
Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)
A Peep at the Circus
McLoughlin Brothers (New York, NY)
Family in front of their home in east Custer County, Nebraska, near Le...
summary: Note the circus posters on the side of the house. The two girls wear dresses made from the same material original size: 6x8
Ludgate Circus from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of ...
This image has been taken from scan 000087 from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of the metropolis and the suburbs ... Translated by Henry Frith. With ... illustrations". The title and subject ter... More
Portrett, klovn., Gustav Borgen
Portrett, klovn.
[Piccadilly Circus, London, England] view, photochrome print postcard.
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10787". Printed at bottom left: 10787. London. Piccadilly Circus. More informati... More
The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist
Caption: This act is entirely different to all others and must be seen to be realized. Created by "Moody Bros., Birmingham." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of:... More
Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910
Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910
Henri Gabriel Ibels - Circus (Au Cirque) (Circus Ring)
Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French, Paris 1867–1936 Paris)
Nellie McHenry in A night at the circus by H. Grattan Donnelly.
Y41596(?) U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1893 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin., N.Y. & Lon." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
[Parade of Arabian circus, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I...
36915Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago.
Luis Martinetti / - vaudeville film
"Gymnast and contortionist, performing on flying rings"--Raff & Gammon price list. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Luis Martinetti of the Martinetti Brothers. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:16 at 30 fps. Film... More
[The amateur circus at Nutley]
A gentleman wearing a hat and spectacles stands before a hoop held by two clowns. The scene depicted in the center of the hoop is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, giving a demonstration of her shooting ... More
Caicedo (with pole) / - vaudeville film
"King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Juan ... More
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles
Z40973 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The marvelous Jordan Family and Dunham : astonishing aerial artists in unbelievable feats. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Dire... More
Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.
Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.
Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.
Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.
Now for his third term leap
"Fall Elections 1895" on broken trapeze. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[England - London - Piccadilly Circus]. England in 19th century.
H121094 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. No. 02003. Stereo copyrighted by J.J. Killelea & Co. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
The circus has come! / Keppler.
Print shows William C. "Whitney" as the ringmaster at a circus where "D.B. Hill" is performing a horse riding trick by trying to ride two horses at once, a small horse labeled "Gold Standard" and a larger horse... More
In the heart of modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England
Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl
C262916 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl
C262919 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Rossow Midgets, Star Speciality Co.
C257486 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Mlle. Chalet, the bounding queen. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Herman Rossow, prop. & mgr. No. 5746. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More
Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl
C262917 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)