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Title: Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt
Creator: Potthast, Edward Henry, 1857-1927, artist
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a female equestrian standing on one leg on the back of a galloping horse as a whiteface clown looks on in amazement.
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on printer's job number in item text. Artist supplied by cataloger based on reference in Spangenberg, Amazing American Circus Poster, page 104; the poster was used for the Barnum & Bailey European tour, 1897 to 1902. "98 B.14"--text, upper right of image. "Copyright 1895 by / The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cin'ti - New York" / Entered at / Stationers Hall."--text, lower right of image. "Printed in America"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 101.6 x 76.84 cm (40 x 30 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000020
385932
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1842
Language: German
German
Subject: Barnum and Bailey
Advertising--Circus
Circus--Europe
Clowns--Pictorial works
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Horsemen and horsewomen--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--Pictorial works
Foreign
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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