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Five young women and a young man, posing in acrobats' costume, in a photographic studio.
Date: [between 1899 -1908]Reference: 539891iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Videos
Actions of the muscles in the living model and acrobats.
Date: 1928- Pictures
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Three acrobats, called "Les Poly-Toss". Process print, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2046205iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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A tightrope walker and two other acrobats. Colour woodcut, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 645952i- Pictures
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The two Angel Brothers, acrobats posing in leopard-skin leotards. Photographic postcard, ca. 192-.
Date: [192?-?]Reference: 2046196iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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Four acrobats along with two dancing girls and a musician. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 575461i- Pictures
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Mexico: acrobats dressed as eagles fly around a pole. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.
Date: [1820]Reference: 2498740i- Pictures
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The acrobat Otto Olympier, flexing his biceps. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2046752iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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Tony Nelson-Machholz, a strongman and acrobat, rests his head on his fist. Process print, 1914.
Date: [1914?]Reference: 2047054iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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Mahomet Caratha, an acrobat. Engraving by R. Graves.
Reference: 884i- Books
Practical acrobatics : descriptions of tumbling and acrobatic tricks and exercises from single movements to more difficult combinations / by Bertram S. Ash, illustrated with photographs.
Ash, Bertram S.Date: [1936]- Pictures
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British politicians as acrobats at a fair: performances by Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "Repeal", and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church, watched by political onlookers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 30 March 1837Reference: 36633iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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A naked man performs a handspring over another naked man on his hands and knees, landing on his feet. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 2008411iPart of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements- Pictures
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A man riding astride two galloping horses blows bubbles from a pipe. Line block process print.
Reference: 29516i- Pictures
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A naked man jumps from a standing position, somersaults backwards and lands on his feet. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 2008408iPart of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements- Pictures
A young woman, wearing a bodystocking and holding a fur cape.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540821iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
A young woman, wearing a bodystocking and fur cape, studio full-length portrait.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540820iPart of: American women.- Pictures
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A naked man jumps and somersaults, then leaps over another man's head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 2009461iPart of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements- Pictures
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A street performer standing on a disc balancing three pots on his head. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 576531i- Pictures
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A Bulgarian female acrobat standing on her hands.
Date: [early 20th century]Reference: 526592iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A Bulgarian female acrobat wearing a leotard and tights.
Date: [between 1890 and 1910]Reference: 526591iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A Bulgarian female acrobat performing contortions in a photographic studio.
Date: [between 1890 and 1910]Reference: 526594iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12152iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society- Ephemera
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Just arrived at this place, and to be exhibited in a large and commodious caravan, during the fair : that wonderful American youth, Mr. Leach ... the shortest person in the world!.
Date: [between 1816 and 1818?]- Pictures
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An acrobat in various contortions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 28109iPart of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements