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DESIGNER UNKNOWN THE BARNUM & BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. 1898. 29 1/4x36 3/4 inches, 74 1/4x93 1/4 cm. Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati. Condition A- / B+: repaired tears and creases in margins into text; tape stain through central image. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Horse acts were incredibly popular under the American circus big tops. Acts featuring famous equestriennes (such as Polly Lee, Louise Renz, Josephine Clark and May Wirth), Roman-era chariot races, women jockeys, horse tricks, Shetland ponies, the Fire Horse Salamander, Hodgeni's Bedouin Beauties, the Konyot Family (Hungarian riders) and many others all made their appearances on posters. For this spectacle, it was a literal horse race, rather than a show of performing horses. The lithographer captured all of the sights of a heated race, from the colorful jockey liveries to the heavily panting horses. This is the French version.
