Aug 01, 2001 - Sale 1903

Sale 1903 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BARNUM AND LONDON. 1887.

28 1/4x10 1/2 inches. The Courrier Co., Buffalo.
Condition B+: darkened overall; minor tears and chipping at edges; creases in image. Paper.
An early double-sided woodblock broadside featuring images of The Strange Hairy Family of Burmah and a recreated view of Jumbo being hit by the train that killed him. On the verso, a "bird's eye view of Capt. Paul Boyton's heroic and perilous trip down the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers."