Engraving showing 'The Female Blondin', also known as 'Madame Boutelle' and perhaps Polly Freeman, walking a high wire across the River Thames from Battersea to Cremorne Gardens, London, 1861. This image shows a large number of rowing and sailing boats crowding the river to watch the event. One report of this event said that vandals cut the wire and Ms. 'Blondin' fell into the River.