HENGLER, Henry Michael (1784 – 1861). Powell’s Circus Royal. Benefit of Herr Hengler. Lambeth: J.W. Peel, Printer, 1843. Letterpress broadside with wood-engraved images of the famed tightrope walker amid four of his celebrated feats, including “leading the band on a violin” while performing a somersault “without losing a single note,” and dancing “with each foot in a bushel basket.” 19 ¾ x 14 ⅝”. Edges ragged, chipped, and folded, else very good. Hengler was from the second generation of a family devoted to various branches of entertainment and the circus arts, his parents having operated a fireworks factory. His son founded Hengler’s Circus in 1846. Not pictured on this bill is Herr Hengler’s feat of dancing on the tight rope with “two boys tied to his feet” as advertised in the text below the images.