Fig. 7
From: Circus is a performance but it is also a building—memory of circus buildings in Europe
Source: 1Astley's Amphitheatre in 1807. Aquatint print by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for Rudolph Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1807)—http://www.circopedia.org/File:Astley_ampitheatre_1807_2.jpg. 2"Circus Artists" oil on canvas by Maurice Blum. The scene shows the clown Geronimo Medrano rehearsing a dog act in the construction of the Cirque Fernando, Boulevard de Rochechouart in Paris (1875)—http://www.circopedia.org/File:Medrano_-_Maurice_Blum.jpg. 3Horse Circus—http://www.ruscircus.ru/gosti_iz_francii_798. 4Holographic horses in circus—https://www.archipanic.com/roncalli-circus/
Timeline summary of relations between circus performance and political regimes.