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Title
Burton & Taylor's Circus - portrait, 1874
Call number
SPG/40
Level of description
fonds
Date

1874
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
442166
Physical Description
Photographs - carte de visite - 10.4 x 6.3 cm.
General note

Transferred from SPG/Burton's Circus (BM), September 2010
Signatures / Inscriptions

G.St.Leon L.Teir clown R.St.Leon / Bandsman / Burton's Circus 1874 -- in ink in a contemporary hand on the lower edge of the mount

"No.1 Gus St Leon / 2. one of Burton & Taylor's / bandsmen / 3 Leon Teir - / clown Burton & Taylors / 4. R. St. Leon / all of Burton / & Taylor's Circus Co." -- in ink on the reverse of the carte

Photographer's stamp -- on the reverse (By Royal Appointment & medals at the International Exhibition 1872-3)
Attributions / conjectures

Photographer's name unknown because paper identifying the men in the portrait is glued to the front of the carte
Name
Burton & Taylor's Circus Co.
St. Leon, Gus
St. Leon, R.
Tier, Leon
Subject
Adult Males
Topic
circuses
clowns
musicians
portraits
twins

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