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  Artist: MARJORIE WALLACE Title: Ons Twee (Self Portrait with husband Jan Rabie), Signed Date painted: circa 1956 Size: 81.5 x 65 cm Media: Oil on canvas Price on request |
 Artist: MARJORIE WALLACE Title: Figure of a Boy Size: 14 x 13.5 cm Media: Pen and Ink Price on request |
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 Artist: MARJORIE WALLACE Title: Sangers Circus I Size: 55 x 75 cm Media: Watercolour, gouache and charcoal framed SOLD |
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 Artist: MARJORIE WALLACE Title: Sangers Circus II Size: 55 x 75 cm Media: Watercolour, gouache and charcoal framed SOLD |
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 Artist: MARJORIE WALLACE Title: Clowns Size: 44 x 44 cm Media: Oil SOLD |
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John Sanger (1816 - 22 August 1889)
was an English circus proprietor. He was born at Chew Magna, Somerset, in 1816, the son of an old sailor who had turned showman. In 1845 he started with his brother George Sanger a conjuring exhibition at Birmingham. The venture was successful, and the brothers, who had been interested spectators of the equestrian performances at Astley's Amphitheatre, London, then started touring the country with a circus entertainment consisting of a horse and pony and three or four human performers. This enterprise was a success from the beginning, and in due course John and George Sanger became lessees of the Agricultural Hall, London, and there produced a large number of elaborate spectacles. |
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In 1871 the Sangers leased Astleys
where they gave an equestrian pantomime every winter, touring in the summer
with a large circus. Subsequently the partnership was dissolved, each brother
producing his own show. John Sanger died while touring, at Ipswich, the
business being continued by his son. When Sanger's Circus arrived in town in the late 19th century, it did so in style. This carriage which weighs ten tons, was drawn by four cream horses in 'royal state harness' as part of a grand procession. All the carved woodwork on the carriage was gilded. Mrs Sanger sometimes dressed as Britannia and rode on top holding a Union Jack shield, a gold trident, and wearing a Greek helmet. |
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Nero, the circus lion, and a lamb
sat together at her feet. After this came a string of camels, a herd of
elephants, numerous other costumed characters, exotic animals either in
cages, or led by their trainers, and of course, the band. During World War
2 the gilt on the carriage was scraped off and sold; and the increased traffic
on the roads meant that Sanger was forbidden by the authorities to clog
them up with spectacular, but slow, processions. Created: Late Nineteenth Century This object features in the Circus Guided Tour ‘Lord’ George Sanger was the most successful circus entrepreneur of the 19th century. An eccentric millionaire notorious for being a smart dresser, Sanger was instantly recognisable by his shiny top hat and diamond tie pin. 'George Sanger's Great London and Continental Circus'. Dicky Bell, of the Two Bells, was an apprentice member of the family |
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