Picture No | 10219924 |
Date | 1879 |
Description | Myers Great Hippodrome Circus 1879 |
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Scenes from 'Myers Great Hippodrome'. The main image (at bottom) shows the 'Grand Parade of All Nations', with a number of lavish horse-drawn carriages circling the arena and a group of performing elephants in the centre. The scenes at top left show John Cooper and his lions and a performance carriage. At top,centre, Mrs. Rose Myers is shown riding 'Cromwell' over a jump. At top right, a 'Roman Chariot race' and a 'Ladies Flat Race'.
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Source | Engraving in ‘The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News’, 8 February 1879, pages 516-7 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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