Ringling Brothers: May Wirth
Maker
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
(American, 1867 – 1960)
Date1918
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions1 sheet (H): 30 1/2 x 40 in. (77.5 x 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsPosters
Credit LineTibbals Circus Collection
Object numberht2001386
Full color poster depicting a female performer in blue beside a white horse in the circus ring. A clown bows to the performer. In the background is a scene of the performer somersaulting on horseback. Text reads "May Wirth World Famous Equestrienne"; "The Greatest Bareback Rider that Ever Lived.." At left is a portrait of May Wirth with a large pink box on her head. Poster is autographed by May Wirth in the lower right margin.
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