May Wirth
Artist
Frederick Whitman Glasier
(American, 1866 – 1950)
Date1926
Mediumglass
Dimensions5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1963
Object number1963.1.1649
A female performer is seated on the back of a standing horse, while a male attendant stands off to the side. Tents and props can bee send around the figures. Etched into the negative are the performer's name, May Wirth, and the name a date of the circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1926.
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