Barnum & Bailey: Barnum and Bailey Portraits
Maker
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
(American, 1867 – 1960)
Date1897
CultureAmerican
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationPosters
Credit LineTibbals Circus Collection
Object numberht2000196
The portraits of P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey are elaborately framed in gold above and below the show title. Working from photographs, the poster designer captures the essence of the two very different men: the modest Bailey is drawn in profile, while the bombastic Barnum gazes directly at the viewer.
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The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1900
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1911
