circus

Circus Maximus, 16th century - Drawing. Public domain image.

from a book by Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archeologist, 1529-1568, published posthumously (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top edge: (beneath moat, in Latin) POMPAE · CIRCENSIS · A · PRIS... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Flaminius in R...

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Flaminius

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Pieter van der Heyden - The Fall of the Magician

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ambrogio Brambilla - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Punchinellos Outside a Circus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice) Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reconstruction of the Circus Maximus (above) and a View of the Site (b...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Punchinellos Outside a Circus

Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reconstruction of the Circus of Caracalla (above) and a View of the Ru...

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.

Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... More

Chinese Mongol Circus, scroll painting

Unidentified Artist Chinese Yuan (1271–1368) or Ming (1368–1644) dynasty

To the Memory of George Taylor Whose Skill and Courage in Manual Comba...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Fair and Circus, scene 1 - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Muse...

Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gezicht op Regent Street, Londen vanaf Picadilly Circus

Public domain scan of a Dutch or Flemish print, 18th-century castle, cathedral, architecture, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chinese Horsemanship demonstration, scroll painting

Public domain photo of Asian art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fair and Circus, scene 5 - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Muse...

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Circus sketches: acrobats and circus animals]

Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1960. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Bluck - Royal Circus, Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope, at Vauxhall

Public domain photograph of textile 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Broadway Circus and Olympic Theatre, Broadway between Howard and Grand...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Circus. Monday evening, March 9, 1829. The managers have the honor to ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 193, Folder 20.

Circus Galop - to Miss Emilie Shierenberg

Music cover - woman bareback rider in circus ring. LOT subdivision subject: Circus, Carnivals and Fairs. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Jewett & Mischka, 263 Ma... More

Die Herren Lawrence und Redisha: erste Mimiker des Covent-Garden Theat...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus Royal, Colchester. To Mr. Batty, after visiting his olympic pav...

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 57, Folder 32.

Suerte VI: The torero's assistant sets dogs on the bull

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

Fifty dollars will be given for any information as to the scoundrel wh...

On verso: 47. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 27.

Entrance of St. Georges Road of the Obelisk Turnpike with a View of th...

Public domain image of a historical view, city, building, cityscape, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

In the Heart of Modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Victorian England, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

In the Heart of Modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Strohmeyer & Wyman (American) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, whic... More

[Details from the Circensian games, Ancient Rome: fig. 1 procession on...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, 1851, v. 1, plate 14. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sports; It. Rome Hist.; Chariots; Roman games;Arch., Roman; Shelf.

Villikins and Dinah. As sung by Bill Lake, at Spalding & Rogers' Circu...

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156, Folder 17.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the equestrian and gymnastic moves ...

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Utagawa Yoshikazu - Untitled (Circus in Yokohama)

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active ca. 1850–1870) Edo period (1615–1868)

Rivers & Derious' combination circus! and Bedouin Arab troupe for a sh...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 6 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 51b. Copy scanned: 2

Will exhibit at Roxbury, Thursday, Sept. 9th, 1869, J.M. French's Orie...

Broadside illustrated with herd of camels pulling carriage, people on horseback, etc. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Posters; Circus; Animals.

[Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while susp...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Devils and floating girl, circus stock poster]

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aerial balloon performance with tents and audience below]

Bella C. Landauer collection. Appears to be one sheet from a larger poster. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple (Asa...

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antonio Mancini - A Circus Boy - Public domain dedication. Metropolita...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ella Zuila, the Australian funambuliste

K11710 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - The human canon ball - Public domain lithograph

K9060 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fountain, Grand Circus Park, Detroit

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cirque dʹhiver ... Tous les soirs,à 8 heures / Stafford & Co., Notting...

French circus poster shows an aerialist floating with arms outstretched above a city skyline with a balloon in the background. Tissandier collection.

Brevkort med odaterat motiv mot Frälsningsarméns möteslokal i Linköpin...

Brevkort med odaterat motiv mot Frälsningsarméns möteslokal i Linköping. Byggnaden uppfördes i början av 1880-talet som teater- och cirkusbyggnad i den så kallade Wernerska trädgården, som under 1800-talets sen... More

Cirkus på ridhuset. Karl Ek och köpman Fagerström.

Cirkus på ridhuset. Karl Ek och köpman Fagerström. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

KREMO/ PISTOLIER/ REVOLVERSCHÜTZE. Estampe, France

Affiche Signature - S.B.G. (coupé): " FRE /18 " Lettre - " KREMO/ PISTOLIER/ REVOLVERSCHÜTZE " Lettre - B.D.: " DR. V. M. DEUTSCH, BUDAPEST. " Marque du musée - B.D.: " CARNAVALET " Timbre - H.C. timbre fiscal ... More

Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena

Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair. The portrait on the center balloon is possibly Miss Stena. Tissandier collection.

A Senatorial Blondin - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bilden visar ett repro av ett medfaret men unikt motiv från den så kal...

Bilden visar ett repro av ett medfaret men unikt motiv från den så kallade Wernerska trädgården i Linköping. Tiden är första delen av 1880-talet. Den skarpsynte kan på standaret utläsa att det rör sig om det pa... More

A Spangled World. Life With the Circus

Cover of A Spangled World, c1883 by Richard K. Fox, with illustration of dancing woman. Copyrighted by Richard K. Fox. cf: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Summer 1983, p. 220. This record cont... More

Chiarini's Circus (Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba)

Utagawa Masanobu (Japanese, active ca. 1882–87) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Imperial Excursion to see the Charini's Circus (Ch...

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Picryl description: Public domain photo of French art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Peep at the Circus - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum o...

McLoughlin Brothers (New York, NY) Public domain scan of printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family in front of their home in east Custer County, Nebraska, near Le...

summary: Note the circus posters on the side of the house. The two girls wear dresses made from the same material original size: 6x8

Ludgate Circus from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000087 from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of the metropolis and the suburbs ... Translated by Henry Frith. With ... illustrations". The title and subject ter... More

Les gymnasiarques, Page 199

[Piccadilly Circus, London, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10787". Printed at bottom left: 10787. London. Piccadilly Circus. More informati... More

Portrett, klovn., Gustav Borgen. Borgensamlingen. Norsk

Portrett, klovn. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist

Caption: This act is entirely different to all others and must be seen to be realized. Created by "Moody Bros., Birmingham." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of:... More

Circus rings, Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910

Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910 Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nellie McHenry in A night at the circus by H. Grattan Donnelly.

Y41596(?) U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1893 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin., N.Y. & Lon." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Henri Gabriel Ibels - Circus (Au Cirque) (Circus Ring)

Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French, Paris 1867–1936 Paris) Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henri Gabriel Ibels - Circus Arena with the Clown and Ballet Dancer

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Parade of Arabian circus, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I...

36915Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The amateur circus at Nutley] - Public domain document scan of drawin...

A gentleman wearing a hat and spectacles stands before a hoop held by two clowns. The scene depicted in the center of the hoop is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, giving a demonstration of her shooting ... More

Luis Martinetti / - vaudeville film

"Gymnast and contortionist, performing on flying rings"--Raff & Gammon price list. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Luis Martinetti of the Martinetti Brothers. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:16 at 30 fps. Film... More

The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles

Z40973 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The marvelous Jordan Family and Dunham : astonishing aerial artists in unbelievable feats. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Dire... More

Caicedo (with pole) / - vaudeville film

"King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Juan ... More

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Now for his third term leap - Public domain banknote scan

"Fall Elections 1895" on broken trapeze. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[England - London - Piccadilly Circus]. England in 19th century.

H121094 U.S. Copyright Office No. 02003. Stereo copyrighted by J.J. Killelea & Co. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Night, gelatin silver print - Public domain print

Photograph shows a nude woman standing on a crescent moon, holding, horizontally, a bamboo pole with an owl perched on each end. A37822 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1895 July 24 by Frederick B. Johnson & C... More

The circus has come! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows William C. "Whitney" as the ringmaster at a circus where "D.B. Hill" is performing a horse riding trick by trying to ride two horses at once, a small horse labeled "Gold Standard" and a larger horse... More

[Harry and Beatrice Houdini with the Welsh Brothers Circus]

Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, ... More

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Main entrance, Ringling Bros. circus]

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895. Public domain image of ship, boat, harbor, dock, 19th-century Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the heart of modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in London, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262916 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262917 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Rossow Midgets, Star Speciality Co.

C257486 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Mlle. Chalet, the bounding queen. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Herman Rossow, prop. & mgr. No. 5746. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262919 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)