Blondin Memorial Trust

Blondin Gallery

Illustrations, cartoons and cuttings

Poster. Performing elephants at George Sanger’s Grand
Poster advertising performing elephants at George Sanger’s Grand National Amphitheatre, c. 1881
Blondin in Austria, c. 1890
Blondin in Austria, c. 1890
Poster, Blondin at Salle Musicale, Rue St. Louis, 13 April 1860
Poster advertising Blondin at the Salle Musicale, Rue St. Louis, 13 April 1860
Poster advertising Blondin at the Crystal Palace, 17 August 1862
Poster advertising Blondin at the Crystal Palace, 17 August 1862
Napoleon III depicted as Blondin. Punch (30 October 1869)
‘A Perilous Passage’, Punch (30 October 1869). Napoleon III depicted as Blondin.
Cartoon, 1867. Bismarck
Cartoon, 1867. Bismarck
Cartoon, 1885. The shaky situation of the political Blondin. Bernhard Gillam, Puck magazine.
Cartoon, 1885. The shaky situation of the political Blondin. Bernhard Gillam, Puck.
Blondin Outdone. Punch, or the London Charivari (8 October 1859)
Blondin Outdone. Punch, or the London Charivari (8 October 1859)
Cartoon, 1864. Lincoln, the Political Blondin. Harper's Weekly (1 September 1864)
Cartoon, 1864. Lincoln, the political Blondin. Harper’s Weekly (1 September 1864)
Cartoon, 1860. In Vanity Fair. Abraham Lincoln tottering.
Cartoon, 1860. In Vanity Fair. Abraham Lincoln tottering.
Abraham Lincoln as Blondin. In Harper’s Weekly, 25 August 1860
Abraham Lincoln as Blondin. In Harper’s Weekly, 25 August 1860.
Cartoon, 1893. Grover Cleveland, President of the USA
Cartoon, 1893. Grover Cleveland, President of the USA
Cartoon, 1865. Kladderadatsch (11 July 1865). Bismarck
Kladderadatsch (11 July 1865). Bismarck
Le Charivari (25 juillet 1866). Paul Hadol. Paris Musées
Le Charivari (25 juillet 1866). Paul Hadol. Paris Musées
Mr Blondin, the hero of Niagara, 7 Sept 1879 (title page of 'The Bomb')
Mr Blondin, the hero of Niagara, (title page of 'The Bomb'), 7 Sept 1879. Cartoonist: László Frecskay.
Blondin-Taaffe, title page of Die Bombe (5 October 1879)
Blondin–Taaffe. Prime Minister and Interior Minister Eduard Graf Taaffe as the rope dancer Blondin (title page of Die Bombe), humorous periodical (5 October 1879). Cartoonist: László Frecskay.
Blondin by Édouard Durandeau, title page caricature in Le Drolatique, no. 14, 13 July 1867
Blondin, by Édouard Durandeau. Title page caricature in Le Drolatique, no. 14 (13 July 1867). Engraver: Gillot. Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. Paris Musées, CC0.
Blondin in Berlin (illustration in Die Bombe), humorous periodical (11 April 1880)
Blondin in Berlin (illustration in Die Bombe), humorous periodical (11 April 1880)
Music, 1877. Blondin polka. Delafosse, Joseph
Music, 1877. Blondin polka. Delafosse, Joseph
Blondin at the Palais de l’Industrie in Paris — wood engraving by Barnabé Auguste Tilly, L’Illustration, no. 1840 (10 November 1877); workshop of Smeeton and Tilly.
Blondin at the Palais de l’Industrie in Paris — wood engraving by Barnabé Auguste Tilly, L’Illustration, no. 1840 (10 November 1877); workshop of Smeeton and Tilly.
Booklet. Blondin March. Composed by Albert Poppenberg in honor of Blondin
Booklet. Blondin March. Composed by Albert Poppenberg in honor of Blondin
Music, 1864. Blondin et le chef d’orchestre
Music sheet cover, 1864. "Blondin-Polka" by C. M. Ziehrer, showing Blondin carrying conductor.
Marionette tightrope walker, probably Blondin, c.1870–1890
Carved wooden marionette tightrope-walker from the Tiller troupe, probably Blondin, c.1870–1890
Music: The Blondin Polka, 1861. Blondin carrying Bowley.
Music: The Blondin Polka, 1861. Blondin carrying Bowley.
Blondin in Brussels, Illustrierte Zeitung (26 July 1879)
Blondin in Brussels, Illustrierte Zeitung (26 July 1879)