Picture No | 10724647 |
Date | 1887 |
Description | Paris Hippodrome, Olympia, 1887 |
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The Arab horsemen at the Paris Hippodrome, Olympia, 1887. The troupe, part of Hippolyte Houcke\'s company, were intended to demonstrate the customs and manners of the East, in the same way that Buffalo Bill\'s cowboys and Indians were mean to demonstrate life in the Wild West.
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Source | Engraving by J.Charlton in The Graphic, 5th November 1887, page 501. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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