Aug 05, 2009 - Sale 2185

Sale 2185 - Lot 331

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ANONYMOUS BARNUM & BAILEY'S / CLEOPATRA. 1912.
28 1/2x38 3/4 inches, 73x99 cm. The Strobridge Litho. Co., New York.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses and creases in margins and image; staining along edges; sharp vertical fold.
One of several lavish images depicting this spectacle, which was a feature of the circus' 1912 season. Other historical recreations and magnificent tableau undertaken in subsequent years included Joan of Arc (1913), and Queen of Sheeba (1914).