The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The Mahdi or for the Victoria Cross--Scene 3d--War in the Soudan ... – Vintage Print
(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 circus posters of the 1890s drew on a distant colonial war, but this one advertises a spectacle named for the Mahdi, the Sudanese religious leader whose uprising took Khartoum in 1885 and whose followers fought British and Egyptian forces for more than a decade. The "Victoria Cross" in the title refers to Britain's highest military honor for valor, and the "Scene 3d" label suggests the show presented a numbered sequence of scenes from the conflict. The poster was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, a leading maker of colorful circus broadsides, and it shows how the Barnum and Bailey show linked its attractions to headline events of the day.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--People--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Circus performers--1890-1900. Sudanese--War. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219043 |
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