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A horseback performer at Astley's Amphitheatre in Westminster Bridge Road. The theatre was built in 1769 by Philip Astley, who established the first circus featuring a variety of performers and acrobatic displays. The theatre was damaged three times by fire and rebuilt, but was finally demolished in 1893. Drawn & engraved by Rowlandson and Pugin, aquatint by Hill, bound in a Manning & Bray volume VI, 1814. 

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Details
Collection:	Manning & Bray
Image type:	Engraving
Artist:
Ref:	11029
Identifier:	Manning&Bray VI p665
Date:	c.1814