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- Davidsen, Fra det gamle Kongens Kjøbenhavn II, 181 ff. Museum 1894, I, 184 f.
- http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Cirkus/Artist/James_Price