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Rossa Matilda Richter Aka Zazel Poster
by Science Source
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Rossa Matilda Richter Aka Zazel poster by Science Source. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Rossa Matilda Richter (1863 - 1937), AKA Zazel, was an English trapeze artist. In 1871, William Leonard Hunt developed a mechanism he called a... more
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Rossa Matilda Richter (1863 - 1937), AKA Zazel, was an English trapeze artist. In 1871, William Leonard Hunt developed a mechanism he called a "projector." Made out of heavy springs and Indian rubber, it shot a person forward, employing a gunpowder-based explosion only for effect. Richter's first performance of the stunt was on April 10, 1877, at the Royal Aquarium in London. She traveled 20 feet and landed in a net. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she was the first human cannonball, but others claim Ella Zuila and George Loyal, AKA "The Australian Marvels", performed the act a few years prior. According to P. T. Barnum, who had traveled to London to see the performance, Zazel pleaded with him to take her away. Though she was the star of the act and took the physical risks, Hunt was keeping most of the money the act brought in. Richter went on tour with Barnum's Circus, performing in France and throughout the US. In 1891, she nearly died in an accident during a show in...
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