The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth
Poster
1895 (printed)
1895 (printed)
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A poster advertising Barnum & Bailey's Circus on tour in 1895. Circus owners and performers were keen to commission colourful posters to convey the excitement, danger and enjoyment of their acts. Barnum & Bailey was a merger in 1881 of two circuses run by the leading rival American showmen, Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) and James Anthony Bailey (1847-1906).
Object details
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| Title | The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Edward Henry Potthast. Poster for the Barnum & Bailey circus. American, 1895 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Bertram Evans |
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| Summary | A poster advertising Barnum & Bailey's Circus on tour in 1895. Circus owners and performers were keen to commission colourful posters to convey the excitement, danger and enjoyment of their acts. Barnum & Bailey was a merger in 1881 of two circuses run by the leading rival American showmen, Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) and James Anthony Bailey (1847-1906). |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.448-1939 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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