LOISSET, Baptiste (1797 ? 1863). Baptist Loisset. Circa 1820. Wood-engraved broadsheet depicts the famed French horseman and circus owner (or possibly one of his company) standing on one leg atop a galloping horse, the rider costumed as a winged sprite and the horse also outfitted with wings a la Pegasus, and wearing a garland as a bridle. 15 ? x 19?. Old folds, minor chips. Used in Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, p. 118. Loisset is widely regarded as the first to perform a somersault on horseback and had a long career as an expert horseman and circus owner. He is regarded by some as one of the great equestrians and circus directors of the first half of the nineteenth century.