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[Acrobats on horseback] – Antique Wall Art

[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnson & Co., 1870. — vintage poster
[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnson & Co., 1870.. Vintage poster from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Acrobats on horseback], preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A tall color woodcut poster of acrobats performing on horseback, the record gives its size as about 204 by 104 centimeters, large enough to be read from across a street. Its imprint names Buffalo and the firm of Warren, Johnson & Co. in 1870, and the record credits a signature reading "Morse," though that attribution comes from an old caption card and has not been verified. In the 1870s, circus bills were among the most visible printed advertisements, and printers often used bold color and dramatic action to draw crowds. Woodcut was a less common method for such posters than lithography, which makes this example worth a closer look.

Created / publishedBuffalo : Warren, Johnson & Co., 1870.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 204 x 104 cm.
NotesColor woodcut. Signature: Morse. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Morse. Circus; Posters; Acrobats.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan822 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176356

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