Triumph-Einzug des Elephanten von der Insel Siam - 1834

Elephants. - The Tourniaire and Ghelia family. Artistic equestrians from Paris. Grand extraordinary performance for the benefit of Ferdinand Tourniaire. in the great manège at the botanical garden.- Triumphal entry of the elephant from the island of Siam. NB. We kindly ask the esteemed audience not to throw edible goods into the manège at any time during the performance. - Fra Diavolo, great pantomimic scene on foot and on horseback, performed by all members of the society. Munich, 16 August 1834. Poster with typographic text. On pink paper. Sheet size: 55 x 44 cm. Madame Philippine Tourniaire, née Rödiger (1780–1850), widow of the French artistic rider, animal dealer, proprietor of a circus and owner of a traveling menagerie, Jacques Tourniaire (1772-1829), here, in closing the poster, gives the following important note: "Madame Tourniaire, owner of the large menagerie hereby announces that the feeding of the snakes takes place every evening at 6 o'clock, which swallow live chickens and rabbits whole. The admission price is considerably reduced so that every person may see the great curiosity, the only living rhinoceros, for who knows whether such a creature will ever be seen again in this city". - For the artistic rider family Tourniaire also see in detail: Saltarino, Artisten-Lexikon, p. 203-206.

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