Skill involving walking on a thin wire or rope

concept

A woman acrobat holding a long stick and walking the tight rope. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

Mahomet Caratha, an acrobat. Engraving by R. Graves.

A tightrope walker above a clown. Engraving after M. Laroon, 1688.

A cartoon-figure called 'Leo' juggles a video, a bottle, a condom, a syringe and a pill box while standing on a tight-rope above a crater against a starry night sky; advertising the 2nd 'Stop AIDS' festival in Mainz, 1990. Colour lithograph by Klaus.

Jacob Hall, a tightrope walker. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven, 1810, after J. van Oost.

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Tightrope walking

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tightrope walking

Works from the collections

A woman acrobat holding a long stick and walking the tight rope. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

A tightrope walker above a clown. Engraving after M. Laroon, 1688.

Jacob Hall, a tightrope walker. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven, 1810, after J. van Oost.

Mahomet Caratha, an acrobat. Engraving by R. Graves.

A cartoon-figure called 'Leo' juggles a video, a bottle, a condom, a syringe and a pill box while standing on a tight-rope above a crater against a starry night sky; advertising the 2nd 'Stop AIDS' festival in Mainz, 1990. Colour lithograph by Klaus.