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Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield
![Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/01/04/14/philip-astley-flyer.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent
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Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent
![Astley's Amphitheatre, An Extensive study of the Victorian Era, Step back into an age of paradox and power; The Victorian age was not one, not single, or simple. Astley's Amphitheatre, An Extensive study of the Victorian Era, Step back into an age of paradox and power; The Victorian age was not one, not single, or simple.](http://www.avictorian.com/victorian/astleys4.jpg)
Astley's Amphitheatre, An Extensive study of the Victorian Era, Step back into an age of paradox and power; The Victorian age was not one, not single, or simple.
![An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R5CFH1/an-advertisement-for-a-circus-performance-by-philip-astley-with-horses-a-collection-of-broadsides-cuttings-from-newspapers-engravings-etc-of-various-dates-formed-by-miss-s-s-banks-bound-in-nine-volumes-18th-century-source-lr301h3-11-R5CFH1.jpg)
An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine
![Silhouette portrait of Philip Astley. Philip Astley (8 January 1742 – 27 January 1814) was an English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus". Astley's Silhouette portrait of Philip Astley. Philip Astley (8 January 1742 – 27 January 1814) was an English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus". Astley's](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R5AM02/silhouette-portrait-of-philip-astley-philip-astley-8-january-1742-27-january-1814-was-an-english-equestrian-circus-owner-and-inventor-regarded-as-being-the-father-of-the-modern-circus-astleys-system-of-equestrian-education-exhibiting-the-beauties-and-defects-of-the-horse-with-advice-on-its-general-excellence-preserving-it-in-health-grooming-c-with-plates-including-a-portrait-c-creed-london-1801-source-63c5-R5AM02.jpg)