This will be the fourth John Johnson Collection digital project. The scope of the project is all 18th century Entertainment ephemera in the John Johnson Collection - Paybills, handbills, newscuttings and prints taken from the following sections: Theatre; London Play Places; Animals on Show; Circuses; Concerts; Dioramas; Entertainment folders; Exhibitions; Human Freaks; Magic and Mystery; Museums and Waxworks.
The objective is to provide detailed cataloguing of this material for the Johnson online catalogue, with digital images for web delivery. This will make the material available to a wide public worldwide and will also enable Bodleian readers to browse the material electronically, before selecting individual items for consultation, a welcome preservation measure for such vulnerable material. Photocopying is not permitted of 18th century items, but readers will be able to make (or perhaps order) reference quality print-outs from the digital files.

 
Theatre (239 items)
Entertainment 18th Century (236 items)
Performing Animals

1700 - 1800
Mainly English, some German.