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Photo, Print, Drawing Liberty Act by Gaetano Ciniselli.

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Title

  • Liberty Act by Gaetano Ciniselli.

Summary

  • Italian-born Gaetano Ciniselli (1815-81) was a circus equestrian and horse trainer who in 1877 founded the Ciniselli Circus (now the Bolshoi Saint Petersburg State Circus). The circus was housed in the first stone structure in Russia purpose-built for circus. In this painting, Ciniselli is shown performing the liberty horse act, which was an invariable part of the circus program until his death in 1881. The term "liberty horse act" refers to an act in which the horses are directed with verbal commands and are not mounted or held by reins; the horses are "at liberty." The Ciniselli Circus horse stables consisted of 100 stalls, with a special area for keeping ponies. The painting, dating from 1877, is by E. Martinik, about whom little is known.

Names

  • Martinik, E. Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1877.

Headings

  • -  Russian Federation--Saint Petersburg--Saint Petersburg
  • -  1877
  • -  Ciniselli, Gaetano, 1815-1881
  • -  Circus
  • -  Circus Ciniselli
  • -  Circus performers
  • -  Entertainers
  • -  Horsemanship
  • -  Horses

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 oil painting.
  • -  Original resource at: The Bolshoi St. Petersburg State Circus - Museum of Circus Art.
  • -  Content in Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670652

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Martinik, E. Artist. Liberty Act by Gaetano Ciniselli. Russian Federation Saint Petersburg, 1877. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670652/.

APA citation style:

Martinik, E. A. (1877) Liberty Act by Gaetano Ciniselli. Russian Federation Saint Petersburg, 1877. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670652/.

MLA citation style:

Martinik, E. Artist. Liberty Act by Gaetano Ciniselli. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670652/>.