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[Acrobats on horseback] – Antique Print

[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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Step back in time with [Acrobats on horseback], a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A tall color woodcut poster, about 204 centimeters high, shows acrobats performing on horseback, a stunt that was a staple of nineteenth-century circus rings. Printed in Buffalo, New York, in 1870 by Warren, Johnson & Co., it carries the signature Morse, though that attribution comes from an old caption card and has not been verified. Posters like this were pasted on walls and fences to announce a show before it arrived, and their bold colors 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 scan810 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176358

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