Broadside (printing)
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A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically in Europe, broadsides were used as posters, announcing events or proclamations, giving political views, commentary in the f
1798 broadside advertising 'Phœnomenon', stables of Maj. Thomas Leavett, Northampton, Massachusetts
Jacco Macacco
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Jacco Macacco was a monkey used in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s. Though his exact species is unknown, evidence suggests he was most likely a macaque.
Broadside (printing)
…broadside advertising an event on 27 November 1821 at the Westminster Pit, London, a well-known blood-sport arena, featuring a fight between the monkey, Jacco Macacco and a dog, also dog fights, badger-baiting and bear-baiting A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically in Europe…
Fight between Jacko Maccacco a celebrated Monkey and Mr Tho. Cribbs well known bitch Puss by Thomas Landseer, 1825 etching from an earlier sketch by the artist.
Tom and Jerry sporting their Blunt on the phenomenon monkey Jacco Macacco at the Westminster-Pit (1821) by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank
The Westminster-Pit: A Turn-up between a Dog and Jacco Macacco, the Fighting Monkey Thomas Sutherland's 1826 aquatint from an 1822 original by Henry Thomas Alken