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Barnum & Bailey / Paradise Alley. 1897.
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Barnum & Bailey / Paradise Alley. 1897.
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PAI-LXXVI: Rare Posters
Live Bidding began Oct 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM EDT
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Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 37 x 29 1/8 in./94 x 74 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at vertical fold. Framed.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: Affiches/Weill p. 301; Phillips VIII, 32; PAI-LXXIV, 1
Key Words: Circus; Animals
One of the most interesting and unique of all circus poster images ever created. Here, for your amazed eyes, are "The two greatest riders in horse sketches true / Of Paradise Alley and Fifth Avenoo." Paradise Alley, the deepest darkest den of Five Points (where the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits battled in "Gangs of New York"), delivers a hardscrabble working-class gal, atop a rough nag (a sign around the horse's neck reads, "My chest is week" [sic]). Opposing her is the belle of Manhattan gentry, all silk and lace, standing upon a charging white Arabian stallion. In reality, they're Josie Ashton and Rose Wentworth, two of the greatest equestriennes in show business. They perform among a cavalcade of cheering clowns and little people, in a spectacle of the ages.
Size: 37 x 29 1/8 in./94 x 74 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at vertical fold. Framed.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: Affiches/Weill p. 301; Phillips VIII, 32; PAI-LXXIV, 1
Key Words: Circus; Animals
One of the most interesting and unique of all circus poster images ever created. Here, for your amazed eyes, are "The two greatest riders in horse sketches true / Of Paradise Alley and Fifth Avenoo." Paradise Alley, the deepest darkest den of Five Points (where the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits battled in "Gangs of New York"), delivers a hardscrabble working-class gal, atop a rough nag (a sign around the horse's neck reads, "My chest is week" [sic]). Opposing her is the belle of Manhattan gentry, all silk and lace, standing upon a charging white Arabian stallion. In reality, they're Josie Ashton and Rose Wentworth, two of the greatest equestriennes in show business. They perform among a cavalcade of cheering clowns and little people, in a spectacle of the ages.
