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Photo, Print, Drawing Liberty Act by Scipione Ciniselli.

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Title

  • Liberty Act by Scipione Ciniselli.

Summary

  • This black and white lithograph of 1900 depicts Scipione Ciniselli, director of the Ciniselli Circus (now the Bolshoi Saint Petersburg State Circus), and his twelve liberty horses in the final act of the performance. 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." Scipione was the son of Gaetano Ciniselli, who founded the circus in 1877. Following Gaetano's death in 1881, leadership of the circus passed first to his wife and then to Scipione. In 1919, following the Russian Revolution, the circus became the property of the state and Scipione left Russia.

Names

  • Kibell, T. Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1900.

Headings

  • -  Russian Federation--Saint Petersburg--Saint Petersburg
  • -  1900
  • -  Ciniselli, Scipione
  • -  Circus
  • -  Circus Ciniselli
  • -  Circus performers
  • -  Entertainers
  • -  Horsemanship
  • -  Horses

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 lithograph.
  • -  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

  • 2021669106

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Kibell, T. Artist. Liberty Act by Scipione Ciniselli. Russian Federation Saint Petersburg, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669106/.

APA citation style:

Kibell, T. A. (1900) Liberty Act by Scipione Ciniselli. Russian Federation Saint Petersburg, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669106/.

MLA citation style:

Kibell, T. Artist. Liberty Act by Scipione Ciniselli. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669106/>.