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[Acrobats on horseback] – Antique Wall Art

[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnsn & Co., 1870. — vintage poster
[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnsn & 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Acrobats on horseback]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Standing about 204 centimeters tall and printed in color from woodcut blocks, this 1870 poster advertises acrobats performing on horseback, a popular feature of the traveling circus in the years after the Civil War. The Buffalo firm Warren, Johnson & Co. was among the printers who produced such bills in quantity for touring shows, and the caption card credits a Morse, though that attribution is unverified. Note how each color had to be carved into a separate block and carefully aligned, and how the bold shapes were meant to catch the eye from across a street.

Created / publishedBuffalo : Warren, Johnsn & 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 scan809 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176357

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