Two Cabinet Cards of Mlle. Victoria, “Queen of the Lofty Wire.” New York: Bogardus, ca. 1890. The first a full-length photograph of the high wire act posed with her velocipede, the second a formal bust portrait. Photographer’s mounts, approx. 4 ¼ x 6 ¼”. Edges of bust portrait mount trimmed. A performer from the age of five or six, Victoria crossed the river Seine on a wire and worked for a variety of continental and American circuses.