The Great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. The frolics and amusing antics of twenty funny felt-crowned fools. ... – Vintage Wall Art
(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 The Great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. The frolics and amusing antics of twenty funny felt-crowned fools. .... The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. The frolics and amusing antics of twenty funny felt-crowned fools. ...
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Twenty clowns in tall felt hats tumble across this chromolithograph, promising the "frolics and amusing antics" of the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers combined show. The two rival traveling menageries had merged by the early 1890s, and their posters competed for attention on barn walls and fences in towns across the country. The Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and New York was one of the leading firms producing these bold, multicolor sheets, which used many stone or plate passes to build up their saturated colors. Printed around 1899, the piece shows how circus advertising leaned on the comic clown as a crowd-drawing star.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. |
| Subjects | Clowns--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--United States--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,438 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217023 |
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