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Cooke's Royal Olympic Circus

Print
1830 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Playbill for 'Cooke's Royal Olympic Circus' at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, on 29 March 1830. The sheet is double-sided, with information printed in red on one side, and seven woodcut illustrations of characters on horseback on the other.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCooke's Royal Olympic Circus
Materials and techniques
woodcut and letterpress
Brief description
Letterpress and woodcut playbill for 'Cooke's Royal Olympic Circus' at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, printed by Balne, London, 1830
Physical description
Playbill for 'Cooke's Royal Olympic Circus' at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, on 29 March 1830. The sheet is double-sided, with information printed in red on one side, and seven woodcut illustrations of characters on horseback on the other.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.8cm
  • Width: 43.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Balne, Printer, 38, Gracechurch Street
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
Object history
This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum.
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Place depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Taken from departmental handlist.
Collection
Accession number
E.4773-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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