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Tightrope Collection

Background imageTightrope Collection: Bird Millman

Bird Millman
Jennadean Engleman - famous name (Bird Millman ODay) (1890 1940), Tightrope walker one of the most celebrated high-wire performers

Background imageTightrope Collection: Tightrope Walker

Tightrope Walker
Karl Wallenda, 71 year old High wire walker, crossing the Thames by Tower Bridge 1976

Background imageTightrope Collection: BOOK WEEK, 1960. Hurray for books! Poster by Maurice Sendak, 1960

BOOK WEEK, 1960. Hurray for books! Poster by Maurice Sendak, 1960

Background imageTightrope Collection: Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope

Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope, with the sea and rocks below. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTightrope Collection: Smiling ringmaster in circus ring pointing to acrobats juggling

Smiling ringmaster in circus ring pointing to acrobats juggling, walking tightrope and balancing on unicycle

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Two Monkeys

The Two Monkeys. An acrobat walking on a tightrope in a Southwark theatre is watched by two unimpressed monkeys in a box. A Black trumpeter blows a horn in the orchestra pit. After William Kent

Background imageTightrope Collection: Sonnenbadende auf Schiffsheck

Sonnenbadende auf Schiffsheck
Sonnenbadende auf Heck der Prinzessin Christina, Göteborg, Schweden, 1969. Sunbathers on the stern of Princess Christina, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1969

Background imageTightrope Collection: Sonnenbadende auf Schiffsheck

Sonnenbadende auf Schiffsheck
Sonnenbadende auf Heck der Prinzessin Christina, Göteborg, Schweden, 1969. Sunbathers on the stern of Princess Christina, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1969

Background imageTightrope Collection: Salesman with briefcase walking tightrope

Salesman with briefcase walking tightrope
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Salesman with briefcase walking tightrope

Background imageTightrope Collection: Charles Blondin Crossing Niagara Falls

Charles Blondin Crossing Niagara Falls
(Original Caption) Niagara Falls, NY- Charles Blondin - born Jean Francois Craveler - (1824-1897) French tightrope walker making his way over the Niagara Falls

Background imageTightrope Collection: Dixon Crossing Niagara on a Tightrope

Dixon Crossing Niagara on a Tightrope
Samuel J. Dixon of Toronto walks across the Niagara River Gorge on a 7/8-inch rope above the Whirlpool Rapids on September 6, 1890

Background imageTightrope Collection: Acrobats on tightrope, low angle view

Acrobats on tightrope, low angle view

Background imageTightrope Collection: Charlie Chaplin on a Tightrope

Charlie Chaplin on a Tightrope
A Scene from the 1928 film The Circus

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Flying Wallendas on the High Wire

The Flying Wallendas on the High Wire
Aerial wire artists, The Wallendas. Arthur and Frost carry Eugene on bike as Henrietta stands on his shoulders

Background imageTightrope Collection: Wallenda Brothers Performing High Wire Stunt

Wallenda Brothers Performing High Wire Stunt
(Original Caption) A bird's eye view of two aerial artists in action...Herman and Carl Wallenda doing "The Wallenda Routine" in training in this city

Background imageTightrope Collection: Man and Woman Holding Pole on Highwire

Man and Woman Holding Pole on Highwire
(Original Caption) 7/4/1941-New York, NY- Here you see Carla having the greatest thrill of her young life- when she accompanied her father for the first time on a jaunt across 50 feet of wire

Background imageTightrope Collection: Highwire Bicyclist Balances Two Women Below Bicycle

Highwire Bicyclist Balances Two Women Below Bicycle
(Original Caption) 4/8/1948-New York, NY-: The Alzanas, often billed as the most daring highwire artists in the world, put on their act for the crowds at New York's Madison Square Garden

Background imageTightrope Collection: Circus Performer Walking Tightrope

Circus Performer Walking Tightrope
(Original Caption) A circus performer walks the tightrope. Undated photograph

Background imageTightrope Collection: Coney Island, in Luna Park; Wire walkers & the Chute Boat

Coney Island, in Luna Park; Wire walkers & the Chute Boat, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageTightrope Collection: Woodcut Illustration of Charles Blondin Crossing Niagara River on Tightrope

Woodcut Illustration of Charles Blondin Crossing Niagara River on Tightrope
(Original Caption) Charles Blondin crossing Niagara River on a tight rope, 1859. Woodcut

Background imageTightrope Collection: French Bride and Groom on a High Wire with Attending Priest

French Bride and Groom on a High Wire with Attending Priest
(Original Caption) 5/25/1954-Toulouse, France: The daring young girl on the flying trapeze of musical fame, and in this case, Bertha Omankowski, trapeze artist, became a bride yesterday

Background imageTightrope Collection: Two Men Performing on Tightrope

Two Men Performing on Tightrope
Tightrope performer Siegward Bach rides a motorcycle along a five-eighths of an inch cable running from the 15th floor of the Wilton Hotel to the parking lot below

Background imageTightrope Collection: Actor Michael Crawford works out on the high wire with a charlady sweeping the floor

Actor Michael Crawford works out on the high wire with a charlady sweeping the floor. 8th April 1981

Background imageTightrope Collection: Actor Michael Crawford works out on the high wire. 8th April 1981

Actor Michael Crawford works out on the high wire. 8th April 1981

Background imageTightrope Collection: Circus World Championships, being held under the Big Top on Clapham Common, London

Circus World Championships, being held under the Big Top on Clapham Common, London, 11th December 1977

Background imageTightrope Collection: Bertram Mills Circus at Luton. April 1950 O23401-012

Bertram Mills Circus at Luton. April 1950 O23401-012

Background imageTightrope Collection: Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and doctor - split personality Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and doctor - split personality Date: 20th century

Background imageTightrope Collection: Karl Wallenda Walks Tightrope

Karl Wallenda Walks Tightrope
Karl Wallenda, patriarch of the Flying Wallendas tightrope troupe, walks a tightrope across the Tallulah Gorge as an audience of 35, 000 look on including Lester Maddox

Background imageTightrope Collection: Engraving depicting the Scottish equilibrist Duncan MacDonald, 18th century

Engraving depicting the Scottish equilibrist Duncan MacDonald, 18th century
5308952 Engraving depicting the Scottish equilibrist Duncan MacDonald, 18th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Scottish equilibrist Duncan MacDonald)

Background imageTightrope Collection: Various examples of the use of the centre of gravity

Various examples of the use of the centre of gravity
5310192 Various examples of the use of the centre of gravity; (add.info.: Engraving depicting various examples of the use of the centre of gravity. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Rope Dancer, late 19th century. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Rope Dancer, late 19th century. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Rope Dancer, late 19th century

Background imageTightrope Collection: Le Bate, in or after 1756. Creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin

Le Bate, in or after 1756. Creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin
Le Bate, in or after 1756

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Background imageTightrope Collection: In Warsaw, a man tightrope walks along a tramway cable

In Warsaw, a man tightrope walks along a tramway cable, is arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital Date: 1937

Background imageTightrope Collection: Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)

Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)
Antique illustration of a 18th century French acrobat performing during a show or training a tightrope-walking exercise (Slacklining)

Background imageTightrope Collection: La Danseuse de Corde (The Tight Rope Walker) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1785 / 90

La Danseuse de Corde (The Tight Rope Walker) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1785 / 90
La Danseuse de Corde (The Tight Rope Walker) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1785/90. Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie

Background imageTightrope Collection: Tight-Rope Walker, c. 1885. Creator: Jean Louis Forain

Tight-Rope Walker, c. 1885. Creator: Jean Louis Forain
Tight-Rope Walker, c. 1885

Background imageTightrope Collection: Elephant Rope Dancing, from A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals, pub. 1924 (engraving)

Elephant Rope Dancing, from A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals, pub. 1924 (engraving)
3481236 Elephant Rope Dancing, from A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals, pub. 1924 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

Background imageTightrope Collection: French tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossing Niagara Falls, 1859 (b / w photo)

French tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossing Niagara Falls, 1859 (b / w photo)
5229605 French tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossing Niagara Falls, 1859 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Background imageTightrope Collection: Cartoon, Mrs Weldon, in litigation again

Cartoon, Mrs Weldon, in litigation again - Be sure you don t fall, Georgie

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancer

The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancer
The incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing French tightrope artist from the early 19th century, with two dancers on thick ropes

Background imageTightrope Collection: Six satyrs or fauns performing on a tightrope

Six satyrs or fauns performing on a tightrope. Two carry a thyrsus, one plays a tibia, one plays a lyre, one pours wine from one vase to another, and one balances with his hands together

Background imageTightrope Collection: Never before had the king of beasts become a balancer (Colour Litho)

Never before had the king of beasts become a balancer (Colour Litho)
2778394 Never before had the king of beasts become a balancer (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Background imageTightrope Collection: Tightrope walker at Venice (engraving)

Tightrope walker at Venice (engraving)
3098042 Tightrope walker at Venice (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tightrope walker at Venice)

Background imageTightrope Collection: Scraps for Juveniles (colour litho)

Scraps for Juveniles (colour litho)
3104667 Scraps for Juveniles (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for a booklet of Scraps for Juveniles, Coloured (Thienemann, Myers)

Background imageTightrope Collection: Caffe-concerto: tightrope dancers (chromolitho)

Caffe-concerto: tightrope dancers (chromolitho)
1093221 Caffe-concerto: tightrope dancers (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caffe-concerto: tightrope dancers)

Background imageTightrope Collection: They walked on ropes drawn good and tight and jumped through hoops and landed right (colour litho)

They walked on ropes drawn good and tight and jumped through hoops and landed right (colour litho)
2776752 They walked on ropes drawn good and tight and jumped through hoops and landed right (colour litho) by Campbell, Floyd V

Background imageTightrope Collection: The Useless Boldness (Colour Litho)

The Useless Boldness (Colour Litho)
2777887 The Useless Boldness (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The useless audacies. A motorcyclists hobby in Belle Vue, near Manchester)

Background imageTightrope Collection: September fair (engraving)

September fair (engraving)
608740 September fair (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: September fair); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageTightrope Collection: Elephantine Performances, pub. c. 1854 (hand coloured etching)

Elephantine Performances, pub. c. 1854 (hand coloured etching)
2493170 Elephantine Performances, pub. c.1854 (hand coloured etching) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageTightrope Collection: Illustration for Antikamnia Calendar, 1900 (colour litho)

Illustration for Antikamnia Calendar, 1900 (colour litho)
3104723 Illustration for Antikamnia Calendar, 1900 (colour litho) by Crucius or Crusuius, Louis (1862-1898); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Antikamnia Calendar)

Background imageTightrope Collection: Have you seen Blondin? (engraving)

Have you seen Blondin? (engraving)
5227151 Have you seen Blondin? (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Have you seen Blondin? Illustration for Fun magazine, 1862.); © Look and Learn

Background imageTightrope Collection: An acrobats living (engraving)

An acrobats living (engraving)
5227150 An acrobats living (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An acrobats living. Illustration for Fun magazine, 1862.); © Look and Learn

Background imageTightrope Collection: Professor Fredericks Performing Cats (engraving)

Professor Fredericks Performing Cats (engraving)
1595889 Professor Fredericks Performing Cats (engraving) by Wain, Louis (1860-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professor Fredericks Performing Cats)

Background imageTightrope Collection: The famous Dutch Woman, 1690 (print)

The famous Dutch Woman, 1690 (print)
4071436 The famous Dutch Woman, 1690 (print) by Lauron, Marcellus or Marcel (1653-1702) (after); 30.8x20.8 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Tightrope: Balancing Life's Challenges with Grace and Courage" In the world of daredevils and dreamers, the tightrope walker stands tall. From the enchanting pages of Maurice Sendak's "BOOK WEEK, 1960. Hurray for books. " poster to the mesmerizing performances of Bird Millman, this captivating art form has captured our hearts. A Christmas card adorned with a clown fearlessly treading on a tightrope reminds us that even in moments of celebration, we must stay focused and steady. The smiling ringmaster in the circus ring points to acrobats juggling, walking the tightrope, and balancing on unicycles – a testament to their unwavering determination. On April 8th, 1981, actor Michael Crawford showcased his dedication as he worked out on the high wire. His commitment mirrored that of The Great Blondini who fearlessly walked above four lions without flinching. Yet not all tightrope walks end in applause; some lead down unexpected paths. In Warsaw during 1937, a man daringly traversed along a tramway cable only to be arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital – an example that sometimes our pursuit of greatness can come at great costs. But amidst triumphs and tribulations alike lies an undeniable beauty within this perilous act, and is through these feats that we witness human potential pushed beyond limits - acrobats defying gravity with each step they take upon slender ropes suspended high above ground. Traveling back in time to Victorian London brings us face-to-face with Charles Blondin at Shoreditch - an icon whose name became synonymous with bravery and audacity. His legacy lives on as inspiration for those seeking balance between risk-taking and self-preservation. In life's grand performance where uncertainty dances hand-in-hand with courage, we find ourselves walking our own metaphorical tightropes daily.

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