Image of three panels showing performances of a whiteface clown and an old man in short pants; the four members of the acrobatic troupe the Martinetti Family in a balancing act with one man standing on two upside down chairs while he holds up two female performers and another man stands on his head; and six vignettes of the Bernardo's jugglers doing juggling acts with knives, balancing tops, and fire sticks, including one before an Egyptian pyramid; the poster advertises the Humpty Dumpty Troupe of George Adams. Probable date based on newspaper advertisements for "Geo. H. Adams’ own new Humpty Dumpty Troupe" in 1881. "Clown and Pantaloon"--text, caption, bottom left panel. "Martinetti Family / In Their Classical Groupings"--text, caption, bottom center panel. "The Bernardo's / Double Egyptian Jugglers."--text, caption, bottom right panel.
Type
image
Extent
1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 38.1 x 61.28 cm (15 x 24 1/8 in.)
Acrobats--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Clowns--Pictorial works Juggling--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Humpty Dumpty Troupe Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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