Tightrope walking.- Circus.- Sutton (publisher) Sadlers Wells...Mons. Thomaseau...will make his first appearance in London on the Tight Wire, playbill, 405 x 195 mm (16 x 7 3/4 in), off-setting, handling creases, rough edges with small nicks and losses, early 19th century § Mrs Bishop's Night...Sieur Sanches Is Engaged for Four Nights only, and will perform (after the Tragedy) his Melody of the Human Voice...to conclude with various astonishing Feats on the Slack Rope, 280 x 215 mm (11 x 8 1/2 in), minor toning and surface dirt, slightly rough edges; together with four further playbills detailing acts of rope dancing and other acrobatic feats, with the trapeze artist Don Sebastian, Mon. Cline on the tight rope, and Mr Richer on the tight rope, various sizes between 210 x 245 mm (8 1/4 x 9 5/8 in) and 475 x 140 mm (18 3/4 x 5 1/2 in), minor nicks and small losses, all unframed, mainly 19th century (6)
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