Trapeze Collection

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

Two Trapeze Artists
Sarasota, Florida: March 13, 1941 Two aerial artists for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus start limbering up for the summer circuit

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

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

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

Iron jaw act
Unidentified iron jaw act. The performer held one end of a leather strap with their teeth while the other end of the strap had a hook which was attached to a trapeze or, in this case

Au Salon des Independants, caricature from L'Amour de l'Art, 1925 (engraving)
CHT382430 Au Salon des Independants, caricature from L'Amour de l'Art, 1925 (engraving) by Guilac, Henri (1888-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

French circus in the grounds of Shokonsha shrine (Yasukuni) Tokyo, with acrobats
528454 French circus in the grounds of Shokonsha shrine (Yasukuni) Tokyo, with acrobats, male and female stunt riders and trapeze artists, 1871. Entertainment; Universal History Archive/UIG

Billy Smarts Circus Trapeze artists swinging through the air December 1957

Billy Smarts Circus Trapeze artists flying through the air December 1957

Shirley Tate, member of Stanley Rayners Circus at Sheerness. December 1953 D7470-001

Anton and Manet on the low trapeze

Boeing XB-29G Superfortress 44-84043, General Electric engine test-bed with a J47 in the bomb-bay mounted retractable trapeze at Schenectady County Airport, NY

La Femme au trapèze, 1875. Creator: Félicien Rops
La Femme au trapeze, 1875

Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Our acrobats

The ballerina Gaby Marcs of the Paris Casin, photographed bare chested during a show. The photo is inscribed to a certain Docteur Pierre France Paris. Date of Photograph:1935-1945

vintage circus poster art

Trapeze Artists
Franz Baumann

The original 3 Nock Sisters, Berlin, 1920s
The original 3 Nock Sisters, from the Scala and Wintergarten, Berlin, 1920s Date: 1920s

Souvenir from the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth (colour litho)
731783 Souvenir from the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Music Hall Performers (engraving)
1616058 Music Hall Performers (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Music Hall Performers)

Marylin, the Trapeze Artist, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Frank Gray
Marylin, the Trapeze Artist, 1935/1942

We are All Hanging On III, (bronze with brown patina)
988179 We are All Hanging On III, (bronze with brown patina) by Varela, Abigail (b.1948); 146.1x58.4x29.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: We are All Hanging On III; Todos Estamos Colgados III)

Trapeze Artists, (oil on canvas)
823257 Trapeze Artists, (oil on canvas) by Mora, Francis Luis (1874-1940); 120x89.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Trapeze Artists. Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940). Oil on canvas

Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song waltz, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, performed by Shaw and Weston. 1934

To tame a violent fire in a Vienna circus, the firemen had to enter the... (colour litho)
2777968 To tame a violent fire in a Vienna circus, the firemen had to enter the... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Picturesque Customs (Colour Litho)
2777614 The Picturesque Customs (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The picturesque customs)

Matthew Arnold, Sweetness and Light (engraving)
3099810 Matthew Arnold, Sweetness and Light (engraving) by Waddy, Frederick (1848-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Matthew Arnold, Sweetness and Light)

The New Zazel Valse by Charles Dubois
Promotional music sheet for The New Zazel Valse by Charles Dubois, circa 1877. Zazel was the first artiste to be shot from a cannon, and was also a trapeze artist and tight rope walker

Romah Waltz, by James Coward
Promotional music sheet for the Romah Waltz of 1874 by James Coward. We can only assume that Romah was the stage name of an acrobat as he is seen here flying over the Crystal Palace where he

The Farini Waltzes, by R Coote
Promotional music sheet for The Farini Waltzes of circa 1860s by R. Coote. The Great Farini (real name William Leonard Hunt) was famous as a trapeze artist

Military Athletics at Sandhurst College (engraving)
1054784 Military Athletics at Sandhurst College (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Military Athletics at Sandhurst College)

Foreign circus in Yokohama, pub. (1864 (hand coloured woodcut)
2836275 Foreign circus in Yokohama, pub. (1864 (hand coloured woodcut) by Utagawa Yoshikazu (fl.1850-70); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Japanese, out of copyright

The Circus, 1912 (oil on canvas)
3949672 The Circus, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 86x111.8 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Leona Dare, 1869-74 (albumen print)
3554907 Leona Dare, 1869-74 (albumen print) by Gurney, Jeremiah (1812-95); each 8.3x6.5 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

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)

Cover illustration of Les Freres Zemganno by Edmond Huot de Goncourt (1822-96)
CHT224198 Cover illustration of Les Freres Zemganno by Edmond Huot de Goncourt (1822-96), published by Editions Pierre Laffitte, Paris, 1909 (colour litho) by Wely

Indoor Exercises (engraving)
6027023 Indoor Exercises (engraving) by Ogden, Henry Alexander (1856-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indoor Exercises)

Man Putting into Motion a Wheel-Driven Well, illustration from De Machinis
XIR155553 Man Putting into Motion a Wheel-Driven Well, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola) (1382-c.1453) (after)

Stronger and stronger (chromolitho)
1093735 Stronger and stronger (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stronger and stronger)

The Man-Bombshell (engraving)
3627797 The Man-Bombshell (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Man-Bombshell. Illustration for The Picture Magazine, 1893.); © Look and Learn

Zaeo, the trapeze artist (photo)
559908 Zaeo, the trapeze artist (photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zaeo, the trapeze artist.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English

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

Caricature of Paul Broca (1824-80) illustration from Le Triboulet
CHT224680 Caricature of Paul Broca (1824-80) illustration from Le Triboulet, 1880 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Blass, J. (Douat)

Advertisement for The Greatest Wire Artists The World Has Ever Known, M. L
SNG127015 Advertisement for The Greatest Wire Artists The World Has Ever Known, M.L. Clark & Sons Combined Shows (colour litho) by American School

Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b / w photo)
5986709 Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903)

What Happened to the Trapeze Girl
Edited with Lightroom 6 and Nik Software. Richard Bland

Advertising rep from the Evening Gazette newspaper, Andrea Anderson, with professional aerialist Louise Gordon at Zippos Family Circus Big Top, Middlesbrough. 8th August 1990

Carole Lesley, Christmas glamour. December 1960

Chimpanzee with girl 1957 Animals Unusual Conda the chimp from Billy Smarts Circus on a trapeze bar with young girl called Yasmine

Air National Guard - Republic RF-84K Thunderflash (FICON) 52-7265 of the Michigan Air National Guard. Note the canted tailplanes to clesr the structure of the B-36 mother-ship when carried

French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple (Asakusa kannon keidai ni oite kogyo tsukawashi soro-Furansu kyokuba), 1871

Flying Trapeze Leg Fly, from the Gymnastic Exercises series (N77) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1887

Leg Swing, from the Gymnastic Exercises series (N77) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1887

Trapezist Makes Catch Date: 1950

Trapeze Artist, late 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trapeze Artist, late 19th century

Jack Buchanan in The Flying Trapeze, Alhambra Theatre
Jack Buchanan in a musical play, The Flying Trapeze, at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, London

Acrobats, pub. 1925. Creator: Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Acrobats, pub. 1925 (engraving)

The E Floretty Trio - German Entertainers
The E Floretty Trio - German Acrobatic Entertainers. A popular Trapeze Circus Act. Date: circa 1910s

The Woman with the Trapeze, c1875, (1896). Artist: Felicien Joseph Victor Rops
The Woman with the Trapeze, c1875, (1896). From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1896]

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth circa 1896, Circus poster showing trapeze artists
The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth c1896 : Circus poster showing trapeze artists

Shirley Dennis who hangs by her teeth twice nightly October 1957

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901). Trapeze artist getting dressed. 1890. Post-Impressionism. Drawing. FRANCE. MIDI-PYRɎ Ʌ S. TARN. Albi. Toulouse-Lautrec Museum

William Hanlon. Zampillaerostation or the flying trapeze

Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wire
Three acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air

The Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882, (1938). Artist: Edouard Manet
The Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882. Painting housed in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

Victorian boy abouit to use a trapeze
Vintage engraving of a Victorian boy abouit to use a trapeze

Victorian boy swinging on a trapeze
Vintage engraving of a Victorian boy swinging on a trapeze

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Strong the Weight Lifters Daughter. circa 1930s

Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song in waltz time, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, featured by the BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall. 1934

Disraeli / Acrobat / Leotard
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy in acrobats costume pretends to fall, only to end up on his feet: he will not resign after political defeat Date: 13 June 1868

Lulu Waltz by Charles Coote Junior - Music Sheet Cover. Lulu, the female trapeze artist formerly known as the boy acrobat El Nino Farini, who was actually Sam Wasgate (1855-1939)

Lighter side of Life on an Armed Liner, WW1 by Arthur Watts
Sketches of scenes on board an armed liner during the First World War by the artist Arthur Watts who was in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Trapeze Flying Jump Gymnastic Exercises series
Artokoloro

Trapeze Artist late 19th century Pen ink brush
Artokoloro

CIRCUS POSTER, c1883. Professor Theurer in his inimitable feats of skill and dexterity. Lithograph, c1883

CIRCUS POSTER, c1898. The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers, Americas Greatest Shows Consolidated - the Ryan, Weitzel & Zorella s. Chromolithograph, c1898

CIRCUS POSTER, c1890. Trapeze artists performing at a circus. Lithograph, c1890

MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888). English poet and critic. Caricature, 1871, by Frederick Waddy

oxford, sound, melody, composition, tone, tune, music hall, u. k. 1862, juvenile professors
Oxford Music Hall; U.K.; 1862; the juvenile professors of the trapeze; Great Britain

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"Capturing the Grace and Thrill of Trapeze: A Journey through Art and Entertainment" Immerse yourself in the world with these captivating artworks. "Resting Acrobats (oil on canvas)" depicts a serene moment behind the scenes, as performers gather their strength for breathtaking feats. In "TRAPEZE ARTISTS, 1890, " an American lithograph poster transports us to a bygone era filled with excitement and wonder. Join "The Promenade Percies" as they defy gravity, suspended high above the crowd. "Two Trapeze Artists" showcase their incredible skill and trust in each other's hands. Experience the exhilaration of being upside down with "Trapeze / Upside Down, " where artists push boundaries and challenge conventions. Travel back to Berlin in the 1920s with "The original 3 Nock Sisters, " who dazzled audiences with their daring acts. Cherish a colorful memory from Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth with a vibrant souvenir litho. Witness the artistry of acrobats in Toulouse-Lautrec's masterpiece, capturing every twist and turn. Discover London's Collins Music Hall through an enchanting poster that promises unforgettable performances. Hold your breath as you witness an iron jaw act that defies all logic and gravity itself. And finally, swing through time to December at Billy Smarts Circus, where trapeze artists soar through the air, leaving spectators awestruck. From oil paintings to lithographs, these artworks celebrate trapeze as both an art form and entertainment spectacle—a testament to human strength, agility, trust, and sheer determination. Step into this mesmerizing world where ordinary individuals become extraordinary aerialists—where dreams take flight amidst gasps of admiration.