Spectacle spectators posters & prints

The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez, c.1764 Antonio Carnicero

The Theatre de Guignol in the Jardin des Tuileries, 1883 Emile Antoine Guillier

Magician Balthazar van den Bos

Illuminations of Cologne, 23rd August 1845 English School

Festival in the Piazza del Campo, Siena Vincenzo Rustici

A Tournament French School

Celebration of the 500 year anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo, at Kolomna, 1880 Russian Photographer

Skating Philips Galle

The Fairs: The Show, c.1821 John Augustus Atkinson

The Banquet, 1882 James Dromgole Linton

The Entry of Napoleon and Marie-Louise into the Tuileries Gardens on the Day of their Wedding, 2nd April 1810 Etienne-Barthelemy Garnier

The Illuminations at Buckingham House for King George III's Birthday, June 4th 1783 Robert Adam

View of Astley's Amphitheatre, 1777 William Capon

Jousting Tournament in a square, 1st half of 17th century French School

Pageant of Atlas for the marriage of Cosimo III de'Medici and Margherita Luisa d'Orleans Alessandro Carducci

Illumination of the Kremlin, 1883 Aleksei Petrovich Bogolyubov

Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, c.1870-80 James Abbott McNeill Whistler

A view of the Fire-workes and Illuminations at his Grace the Duke of Richmond's at White-hall and on the River... English School

Parade of the Contrade, Siena Vincenzo Rustici

Bullfight, 1865 Edouard Manet

A Fireworks Display John Wilson Carmichael

The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, 1820 Emile Jean Horace Vernet

he Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of Londo William Hogarth

Auto de Fe in the Plaza Mayor, Madrid, 1683 Francisco Rizi or Ricci

The execution of Hetherington and Brace, Fort Vigilance, Sacramento, California Britton & Rey