Image of female contortionist Duray Leonora posing simultaneously in seven different contorted poses on a stage. "B-No. 45"--text, top right of image. "The Strobridge Lith - Co / Cin'ti- NY - London"--text, bottom right of image. "Fascinating exhibitions of nimbleness and / agility, allied with the acme of graceful, modest / and wonderful posing, without doubt the greatest contortionist ever seen, whose astonishing / and chaste displays of suppleness have won her the title of the cartilaginous wonder."--text, continuation of title, centered below image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.15 x 99.06 cm (30 3/8 x 39 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Leonora, Duray (Contortionist) Acrobats--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Circus performers--Pictorial works Women circus performers--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1890-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Circus The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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