2-798-767 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Astley's - scene in the Circle, 1845. Show at Astley's Amphitheatre in London, featuring '...Madame Klatt, the very clever female equestrian, of whose daring performances we have more than once had occasion to speak in noticing the equitation at this theatre. She is represented in one of her most effective feats, which is always greeted with rounds of loud applause - causing her milk-white charger to rear up until he almost appears to be in danger of falling back upon his intrepid rider'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.