Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CIRCUS.) T.W. Strong, lithographer. Portrait of Herr Driesbach, the original "Lion King." Lithograph, 17 x 12 inches, captioned "Driesbach. Ecce Leo Rex. Behold the Lion King"; minor foxing and wrinkling; with his dated gift inscription in caption area. New York, circa 1853
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Jacob Driesbach (1807-1877), a native of upstate Schoharie County, New York whose stage name was Herr Driesbach, was a renowned lion tamer who performed across the country from 1842 onward. He inscribed this portrait "Herr Driesbach to Nancy Driesbach, March the 22nd 1853." We trace no other examples--at auction, in OCLC, or elsewhere.