Image of three head-and-shoulders portraits of the three Brazziers: William, George, and Rufus wearing formal dress, with four vignettes of the acrobatic dancing troupe, known as "grotesque elastic dancers," performing as clowns and dancers in a skirt, with a king's crown, and in black bodysuits atop a table and chair and three barrels; the poster advertises the troupe's act with Colonel Thomas E. Snelbaker traveling "Majestic Consolidation" show. Probable date based on printer history; the Maerz Lithographing Company operated in Buffalo for a short time around 1880. "Maerz Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, lower right. "The Three Brazziers"--, text banner, upper middle centered. "Grotesques Elastiques!"--text, caption, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.02 x 36.2 cm (20 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Acrobats--Pictorial works Circus performers--Portraits Clowns--Pictorial works Contortionists--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Female impersonators--Pictorial works Theatrical productions 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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