Circus acrobatics.- Anonymous (circa 1800) [Advertisement for acrobatic performance], advertisement with three views of circus performers, including one man holding a hoop in his mouth while balancing objects, another with a performer balancing a ladder on his head while a figure stands on top, and another playing the violin while balancing an object on his head, woodcut with letterpress, on paper affixed onto old support, sheet 325 x 203 mm (12 3/4 x 8 in), handling creases, small hole in the lower right corner, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1800]
⁂ Another close variant of this advertisement is held in the Bodleian Library, and is associated with the performer Charles Benjamin Incledon (1763-1826).
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