Lot 9
Forepaugh & Sells. 1896.
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Forepaugh & Sells. 1896.
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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: 39 1/4 x 29 3/4 in./99.6 x 75.5 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: PAI-LXXIV, 22
Key Words: Circus
Circuses were always chancy operations; mountebanks and scammers abounded. In many posters of the this period, regal portraits of the proprietors lent a bit of credibility toward the purchase of one's circus tickets. Here, however, the irony is overwhelming: Adam Forepaugh died in 1890; his name was sold to James Bailey, who partnered with the Sells Brothers to create these "Enormous Shows Combined," as a forerunner of Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey. In this earlier image of the founders / partners, the third Sells brother, Ephraim, makes an appearance.
Size: 39 1/4 x 29 3/4 in./99.6 x 75.5 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: PAI-LXXIV, 22
Key Words: Circus
Circuses were always chancy operations; mountebanks and scammers abounded. In many posters of the this period, regal portraits of the proprietors lent a bit of credibility toward the purchase of one's circus tickets. Here, however, the irony is overwhelming: Adam Forepaugh died in 1890; his name was sold to James Bailey, who partnered with the Sells Brothers to create these "Enormous Shows Combined," as a forerunner of Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey. In this earlier image of the founders / partners, the third Sells brother, Ephraim, makes an appearance.
