Acrobat Collection

Papa Chrysantheme at the New Circus. Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Papa Chrysantheme at the New Circus. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

Elsie on Hassan - Laura Knight
Oil on Canvas 68.6 x 76.2

Les Saltimbanques, 1874 (oil on canvas)
EDI187971 Les Saltimbanques, 1874 (oil on canvas) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Poster, Robert Brothers Circus, Caernarvon, Wales. circa 1960s

Educational Film & Television (Chinese State Circus)

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Barnum & Bailey Poster
Poster for Barnum and Baileys Circus

Circus Acrobats / Garnier
A female acrobat balances on her hands and brings her ankles level with her ears

Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex
Biddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s). There are a number of (hilarious)

Victorian Scrap showing Circus Performers in a Big Top Circus Ring, including a lady balancing on a performing horse and a clown holding a hoop. Date: circa 1880s

In the support trench by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Old Bill has practically decided to try to get Private Shinio (the ex-comedy-juggler-and-hand-balancer) transferred to another platoon." The stoicism of Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers

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

CIRCUS POSTER, 1920s. American poster for Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus, 1920s

Lillian Leitzel - German Circus acrobat and strongwoman
Lillian (" Lilli" ) Leitzel (1892-1931) - an acrobat and strongwoman for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Date: circa 1910s

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. An 1860 American cartoon comparing presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln to Charles Blondin, the French acrobat who crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope ealier that year

Red Kite Milvus milvus Mid Wales March

L Acrobate ou La Roue, 1927. Creator: Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938)
L Acrobate ou La Roue, 1927. Found in the Collection of Collection de David E. Weisman et Jacqueline E. Michel

Victorian Scrap, strong man with weights. circa 1880s

Acrobat. Minoian art
Acrobat. 16th c. BC. Minoan art / Cretan art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace

TRAPEZE ARTISTS, 1890. American lithograph poster, 1890

The Promenade Percies
A motorcycle acrobat troupe called The Promenade Percies practise their act involving balance on a trapeze attached to the bike

Illustration of acrobat hanging from a swing

Isaac Fawkes, the Slight of Hand Ma
Undated hand coloured engraving of Isaac Fawkes, the " Slight of Hand Man", and enlargement of acrobats from Bartholomew Fair print. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Painting of the restored Taureador Fresco from the Palace of Minos at Knossos (Evans Fresco Drawing N/4)
7310000 Painting of the restored Taureador Fresco from the Palace of Minos at Knossos (Evans Fresco Drawing N/4), 1900-50 (paper, pigment) by Gillieron

An acrobatic baboon at the Hippodrome
Herr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope, with the sea and rocks below. Date: circa 1890s

Resting Acrobats (oil on canvas)
LMG123033 Resting Acrobats (oil on canvas) by Philpot, Glyn Warren (1884-1937); 86.3x83.8 cm; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds Art Gallery) U.K.; eLeeds Museums and Galleries; English

Smiling ringmaster in circus ring pointing to acrobats juggling, walking tightrope and balancing on unicycle

JAPANESE CIRCUS POSTER. Japanese woodcut poster, 1886, for the Occidental Chariko Great Circus

CIRCUS POSTER, c1899. American poster, c1899, for Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus, featuring acrobats jumping over a group of elephants

Blondin Audience Ledger
A fascinating unused page from a ledger to record the ticket sales and money accrued from a performance of the legendary tightrop walker Charles Blondin The Hero of Niagara

Street Acrobats
Street acrobats performing before a London crowd

Trapeze / Upside Down
From the trapeze; how the acrobat sees his audience - upside down!

The Gymnast
Tejo Coen

Ольга Павлова
Photographer

Trapeze artist Inga-Lise swung into newcastle for a production with the Scottish Opera

Zazel, Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London
Zazel (Rossa Matilda Richter), female acrobatic performer and human cannonball, at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, with verses from Punch magazine. 1877

Us-Nyc-Highwire
Lijana Wallenda walks a high wire over Times Square during the Highwire Live In Times Square With Nik Wallenda June 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)

The Circus, mock-up for a book cover, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
The Circus, mock-up for a book cover, c1950. Illustration for " The Circus" by E Dermot Wellington. Shirley Markham (1931-1999)

Acrobates - acrobats
A delightful illustration from Larousse Encyclopedia detailing a variety of acrobatic entertainers performing impressive physical feats. Date: 1930

Circus, 1913. Creator: August Macke
Circus, 1913. Three acrobats attend to a female rider who has had an accident. Her inert body is carried from the ring, while the horse that has caused the tragedy is led away

Floating away
Franz Baumann

Alexandr

The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha (Quixotte - Quijote) by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
PCT4279477 The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha (Quixotte - Quijote) by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616): the knight has the sad figure made cabrioles " putting naked certain things

Engraving depicting tightrope dancers, 19th century
5308667 Engraving depicting tightrope dancers, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting tightrope dancers. Dated 19th century 01/02/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Street performers in India, 1900 (photo)
5315093 Street performers in India, 1900 (photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. India)

Abacus, Acrobat, Adjutant, Albatross, Alembic, Alpaca, Ambulance, Andiron, Angel-fish, Animals, Ant-eater
8650086 Abacus, Acrobat, Adjutant, Albatross, Alembic, Alpaca, Ambulance, Andiron, Angel-fish, Animals, Ant-eater, Antelope (engraving) by German School

Gavarni in London: Acrobats (litho)
8670154 Gavarni in London: Acrobats (litho) by Gavarni, Paul (1804-66) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrobats. Illustration for Gavarni in London)

A fantasy in Morocco, equestrian entertainment, practiced mainly by the Berberes of the Maghreb
ELD4841550 A fantasy in Morocco, equestrian entertainment, practiced mainly by the Berberes of the Maghreb, in which riders do aerobatic exercises loading and unloading their arms

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220261 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter P: Pleasure, 1868 (engraving)
DUV4217297 Letter P: Pleasure, 1868 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving by Francois Pannemaker (1822-1900) in " Le premier livre des petits enfants" Full alphabet illustrative by Theophile

Letter Y: Yatagan, jambes en Y, 1868 (engraving)
DUV4217255 Letter Y: Yatagan, jambes en Y, 1868 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving by Francois Pannemaker (1822-1900) in " Le premier livre des petits enfants" Full alphabet illustrative by

Detail of capiteau representing acrobats contorsionists, church Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre) in Aulnay (17470)
JEB4943173 Detail of capiteau representing acrobats contorsionists, church Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre) in Aulnay (17470), Charente-Maritime; (add.info)

Warriors demonstrating their skill and skill as a rider, Great Plains - Native American horsemanship - Plains warriors
NWI4889684 Warriors demonstrating their skill and skill as a rider, Great Plains - Native American horsemanship - Plains warriors demonstrating skilled horsemanship on the Great Plains

Letter Y: Forked trunk, horned goat, candlesticks with two beaks: large and small Y, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214802 Letter Y: Forked trunk, horned goat, candlesticks with two beaks: large and small Y, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter X: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214808 Letter X: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Street entertainer balancing on his head on a table. Accompanied by a fiddler and a young boy dancing a jig
FLO4677648 Street entertainer balancing on his head on a table. Accompanied by a fiddler and a young boy dancing a jig. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Bois de Boulogne - A man with a cap made of monocycle, 1900
LUX4770003 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Bois de Boulogne - A man with a cap made of monocycle, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Bois de Boulogne, a man with a cap made of monocycle, 1900
LUX4769994 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Bois de Boulogne, a man with a cap made of monocycle, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Bois de Boulogne

Acrobat performance of the American Brothers and Levater Lee Family, 1850s
NWI4759646 Acrobat performance of the American Brothers and Levater Lee Family, 1850s.; (add.info.: Acrobat performance of the American Brothers and Levater Lee Family)

Letter X and Y: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X. Forked trunk, horned goat
DUV4214797 Letter X and Y: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X. Forked trunk, horned goat, candlesticks with two beaks: big and small Y, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

View of a circus show, Cirque Napoleon, Paris, 1855 (engraving)
ELD4835952 View of a circus show, Cirque Napoleon, Paris, 1855 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monuments de Paris)

Illustration in " Song illustree", circa 1840 - Circus Ecuyer - Cirque - Cheval Horses
ICA4841201 Illustration in " Song illustree", circa 1840 - Circus Ecuyer - Cirque - Cheval Horses; (add.info.: Illustration in " Song illustree")

Show of balancers, by Jose de Ribera dit il Spagnoletto " the Spanish" (1591-1652), 18th century
GIM5037871 Show of balancers, by Jose de Ribera dit il Spagnoletto " the Spanish" (1591-1652), 18th century, Uffizi Museum, Florence; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Tightrope acrobats on stage in front of a fashionable audience. Dick Wildfire and Jenkins in a Theatrical Pandemonium
FLO4686794 Tightrope acrobats on stage in front of a fashionable audience. Dick Wildfire and Jenkins in a Theatrical Pandemonium, or the Cafe de la Paix in all its glory

Woman balancing on a candlestick on a table, while a child walks on its hands
FLO4677639 Woman balancing on a candlestick on a table, while a child walks on its hands. Later, Madame Herculanus fixes two anchors in curling papers to her hair

Indian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers
FLO4576468 Indian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers, dancers and balancing acts in the square at Fort George, Madras 1

Letter S: Saltimbank, beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204158 Letter S: Saltimbank, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary). Series number 4 in Albums-chromo on canvas. Chromolithographs on tissue

Fashionable people enjoying the street entertainment in Paris, 1822. Dick Jenkins, the Captain
FLO4686770 Fashionable people enjoying the street entertainment in Paris, 1822. Dick Jenkins, the Captain, Lady Halibut and Lydia enjoying a Lounge in the Italian Boulevard

Engraving depicting a female bareback rider performing at Franconi's in the Capucine Gardens, 19th century
5308666 Engraving depicting a female bareback rider performing at Franconi's in the Capucine Gardens, 19th century; (add.info)

Circus acrobats (litho)
8656008 Circus acrobats (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circus acrobats. Woman balancing on one foot in a man's hand)

India has no lack of street entertainers; jugglers, acrobats and numerous followers of charlatanism may be met with at
5315096 India has no lack of street entertainers; jugglers, acrobats and numerous followers of charlatanism may be met with at every corner by Unknown photographer

Engraving depicting The Man Bombshell': this act gave the impression that the acrobat was fired from a cannon by
5308574 Engraving depicting The Man Bombshell': this act gave the impression that the acrobat was fired from a cannon by the force of an explosion; (add.info)

Japan: street acrobats in their traditional dress, 1875 - albumin paper enhanced by watercolor
LUX4748947 Japan: street acrobats in their traditional dress, 1875 - albumin paper enhanced by watercolor; (add.info.: Japan: street acrobats in their traditional dress)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): 2 young bourgeois men cross a river at gue, 1895
LUX4788845 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): 2 young bourgeois men cross a river at gue, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): 2 young bourgeois men cross a river at gue

Poste rthe the tyres Pirelli. 1912
GIA4770622 Poste rthe the tyres Pirelli. 1912; Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising poster for Pirelli tyres. 1912); © Giancarlo Costa

Will Stokes, equestrian acrobat, 17th century. From a portrait by George Glover in the book The Art of Vaulting, 1652
FLO4636828 Will Stokes, equestrian acrobat, 17th century. From a portrait by George Glover in the book The Art of Vaulting, 1652

Mexican acrobats and performers. Aztec men performing balancing acts, and two men balancing on a pole supported by a
FLO4622249 Mexican acrobats and performers. Aztec men performing balancing acts, and two men balancing on a pole supported by a man on his back

Portrait of the acrobat Miss Leana Dare
3568791 Portrait of the acrobat Miss Leana Dare; (add.info.: Germany 1880-1890 ca. Photographer: Czihak A. F.); Alinari Archives, Florence

Letter M N: mask, mecano, trunk, new circus, Christmas tree, Nžgresse. Engraving in ABC of toys''
DUV4208347 Letter M N: mask, mecano, trunk, new circus, Christmas tree, Nžgresse. Engraving in ABC of toys''. 1931 (engraving) by Neziere

Letters T U V: Saltimbank, Turco (Turkish), Ursula and Ice. Characters sliding on the ice of a village
DUV4204164 Letters T U V: Saltimbank, Turco (Turkish), Ursula and Ice. Characters sliding on the ice of a village, beg of 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Accident in the circus ring (engraving)
8631453 Accident in the circus ring (engraving) by Hopkins, Everard (1860-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Accident in the circus ring. Illustration from Black and White)

A Marvel of Training (engraving)
8672755 A Marvel of Training (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Marvel of Training. The ibex as an acrobat)

Engraving depicting a tightrope walker performing in Vauxhall Gardens, London, 19th century
5308953 Engraving depicting a tightrope walker performing in Vauxhall Gardens, London, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a tightrope walker performing in Vauxhall Gardens, London)

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Witness the breathtaking artistry of acrobats throughout history. From Elsie on Hassan, captured in Laura Knight's stunning painting, to the mesmerizing performances of Cirque Du Soleil, these skilled performers have always captivated audiences with their gravity-defying feats. Step back in time to the 1800s and imagine yourself at a backyard carnival, where acrobats astounded spectators with their agility and strength. Explore Chinese State Circus educational films that showcase the incredible talents of these acrobatic masters. Admire vintage Barnum & Bailey posters that enticed crowds to witness death-defying stunts under the big top. Marvel at Les Saltimbanques, an oil painting from 1874 that immortalizes circus acrobats in all their glory. Enter into a world where dreams take flight as you gaze upon Garnier's masterpiece depicting circus acrobats suspended mid-air in graceful poses. Transport yourself to the roaring 1920s with American Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus posters that evoke nostalgia for a bygone era of entertainment. Discover Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex; a testament to how even small towns embraced this exhilarating form of performance art during Victorian times. Delve into Victorian scrapbooks showcasing daring circus performers who defied societal norms through their extraordinary skills. Even amidst war and turmoil, like depicted in Bruce Bairnsfather's WW1 cartoon "In the support trench, " acrobatics continued to bring joy and wonderment to those seeking solace from reality. Finally, explore the legacy of Transfield circus family whose generations dedicated themselves to perfecting this ancient craft passed down through bloodlines. Acrobat: an embodiment of human potential pushed beyond limits; an artist who defies gravity; a symbol of courage and grace.