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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Broadside typographical poster or playbill printed in black and red, illustrated with two woodcut images of the elephants Mlle. D'Jecks, holding a basket on her trunk, and Carascamaquinta, with caparison and mahoot and passenger.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Circus Posters Advertising
Object type	Poster
Materials and techniques	Printing ink on paper Printing Ink Paper Printing
Brief description	Broadside poster or playbill advertising the appearance of the two elephants, Mlle. D'Jeck and Carascamaquinta, at Astley's Circus, 29 August 1831 and for five subsequent evenings, in Grot of the Jungle!, or, the Elephant Chase, commencing with a performance of Mazeppa! and the Wild Horse, and Mr. Ducrow in the equestrian scene The Flight of Zephyr! with the Gambols of Cupid!
Physical description	Broadside typographical poster or playbill printed in black and red, illustrated with two woodcut images of the elephants Mlle. D'Jecks, holding a basket on her trunk, and Carascamaquinta, with caparison and mahoot and passenger.
Dimensions	Height: 76.4cm Width: 25cm
Credit line	Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history	Associated Production: Mazeppa! and the Wild Horse, The Flight of Zephyr with the Gambols of Cupid!, Grot of the Jungle or the Elephant Chase!. Astley's Circus. 29.8.1831. Performance category: circus, equestrian drama.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.249-1998

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Record created	August 3, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1170934/poster-unknown/

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