Sideshow Collection

The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, of '...a young gentleman named Chang-Woo-Gow

Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838. Voulez-vous de l'or, voulez-vous de l'argent, voulez-vous des diamans, des millions des milliasses? Approchez, faites vous server [

The Show-man, 1799. Creator: Monogrammist J.A
The Show-man, 1799. Keep your eye close to the Glass - and you will see a large / vide place full of Death and Destruction - where more / plagues await de frequenters den contained in de famous Box

The Quacksalver, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quacksalver, 1648

Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Crowds at an attraction featuring Native Americans

Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. An attraction featuring Native Americans

The Humours of Horse Racing, Between the Races, c1816 (1886). Creator: Unknown
The Humours of Horse Racing, Between the Races, c1816 (1886). From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, [London], 1850. These remarkable persons...state that they are of the tribe called Rufaiah

Minnesota State Fair: balloon vendor, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: balloon vendor, 1900?

Minnesota State Fair: refreshment stand, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: refreshment stand, 1900?

Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round, 1900?

Minnesota State Fair: African American on soap box using hand puppet, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: African American on soap box using hand puppet, 1900?

View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Poster for a side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Poster for a side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo... Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kitao Masayoshi
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei), Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. People promenading on the bank of the Sumida River in what is now Tokyo

At a County Fair, 1898. Creator: Philip William May
At a County Fair, 1898

Les Chiens savants, 1883. Creator: Daniel Urrabieta Vierge
Les Chiens savants, 1883. [Performing dogs]

Frontispiece for "Les Treteaux de Monselet", 1859
Frontispiece for " Les Treteaux de Monselet", 1859

Le Diable a Paris... Paris et Les Parisiens, Vol. II, 1846. Creator: Andrew Best Leloir
Le Diable a Paris... Paris et Les Parisiens, Vol. II, 1846. [Sideshow]

The Quacksalver (copy). n. d. Creator: Unknown
The Quacksalver (copy).n.d

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quack, 1610-85

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown
The Quack, 1610-85

The Quack Dentist, 1765. Creator: Giacomo Leonardis
The Quack Dentist, 1765

Boy with a monkey on his shoulder receiving coins from a mother and daughter, 1803-40

Between Heats [The Course], January 1, 1799. January 1, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Between Heats [The Course], January 1, 1799

Between Heats [The Course], January 1, 1798. January 1, 1798. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Between Heats [The Course], January 1, 1798

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), 1887-88. Creator: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), 1887-88

Three Sticks a Penny, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Three Sticks a Penny, 1872. Throwing sticks at a sideshow on Derby Day. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Trial of Strength, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Trial of Strength, 1872. A strongman demonstrates his strength at a fairground sideshow watched by a crowd. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Mr George W Patterson of Chicago was the first person to put on displays of juggling with electrically lit clubs

Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Madame Maria Teresa, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Portrait of Maria Maria Teresa (1743-1790), who billed herself as the Amazing Corsican Fairy

Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Portrait of Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) who visited Britain in 1790 and exhibited himelf at travelling fairs

The Syren Drawn from the Life, 1759? Creator: Benjamin Cole
The Syren Drawn from the Life, 1759? Engraving of a mermaid, claiming to have been drawn from the life. Fake mermaids were popular in the 18th century

Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. A bear, chained and muzzled, is forced to dance to earn coins for its master. Dogs in miniature outfits walk on their hind legs as the crowd looks on

Shooting gallery at the amusement park, Coney Island, New York, USA, early 1930s

The Side-Show. Artist: Daumier, Honore (1808-1879)
The Side-Show. Found in the collection of Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe in 1849: A View of Epsom Downe on ye Derbye Daye, 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe in 1849: A View of Epsom Downe on ye Derbye Daye, 1849

Illustration by Andre Helle from Fables de la Fountaine, 1922, (1929). Artist: Andre Helle
Illustration by Andre Helle from Fables de la Fountaine 1922. From The Studio Volume 98 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1929.]

Dancing Bear, 1785. Artist: C Knight
Dancing Bear, 1785. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

The Indian Juggler, 1818. Performing his astonishing feats of activity - a performer balancing a sword on his chin, or possibly swallowing it

Bear and Monkey, 13th century, (1833). Dancing bears and monkeys would peform in the public streets. Illustration after a book of prayers in the Harleian Collection of the British Library

A bear standing on his head, 14th century, (1833). An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

Tutored Bear, 14th century, (1833). The teaching of bears to imitate the actions of men. An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. A parade, the free entertainment offered at the entrance of a traveling theatre, is intended to attract a crowd and encourage the sale of tickets

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