Image of a chariot race around a track in a tented circus arena, with two female drivers each driving teams of four horses in the foreground, followed by a third chariot driven by a male driver; small vignette with group head-and-shoulders portrait presumably of three Sells brothers Ephraim Sells, Peter Sells, and Lewis Sells at upper left. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on dates of similar posters and newspaper advertisements for circus with similar texts. "S.10"--text, top right margin. "The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cin. / N-Y. / Lon."--text, bottom right of image. "Magnificent three ring circus / five continent menagerie, huge elevated stages, / Australian aviary, African aquarium, / Roman Hippodrome, / spectacular pageants, Arabian caravan and / Trans-Pacific wild beast exhibit."--text, top center above image. "A sport of the ancient Roman era requiring the utmost nerve / and skill now faithfully reproduced / with fac-simile Roman war chariots drawn by blooded thorough-breds / driven by adroit reinsmen and daring women."--text, continuation of title, bottom center below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 104.14 x 78.11 cm (41 x 30 3/4 in.)
Sells Bros. Circus Sells, Ephraim, 1834-1898--Portraits Sells, Lewis, 1841-1907--Portraits Sells, Peter, 1845-1904--Portraits Advertising--Circus Chariot racing--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus owners--Pictorial works Horsemen and horsewomen--Pictorial works Horses--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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