Image of many horses crowding into one performance ring with a ringmaster on horseback on a pedestal in the background. Probable date supplied by cataloger based on printer's job number in item text. "98 B. No.8"--text, upper right margin. "Copyright 1897 by / The / Strobridge / Lith Co / Cin'ti = NY"--text, lower right of image. "Printed in America"--text, bottom right of image. "Werth Uber 425,000 Mark in Rasse-Pferden in Kostbaren Geschirren und Schabracken. Alle in Einer Manege. / Der Welt Grosstes, Grossartigstes, Bestes Amusements-Institut."--text, continuation of title, bottom caption centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 99.7 cm (30 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Advertising--Circus Circus--Europe Circus animals--Pictorial works Horsemen and horsewomen--Pictorial works Horses--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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