The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America--Grand romantic and picturesque ballet of 300 beautiful male & female dancers[...] / The Strobridge Lith. Co. – Vintage Print
![The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America--Grand romantic and picturesque ballet of 300 beautiful male & female dancers[...] / The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1891. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6d981c20ac67-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America--Grand romantic and picturesque ballet of 300 beautiful male & female dancers[...] / The Strobridge Lith. Co. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America--Grand romantic and picturesque ballet of 300 beautiful male & female dancers[...] / The Strobridge Lith. Co.
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The lead on this sheet is the spectacle itself: a grand ballet of 300 dancers staged as part of Imre Kiralfy's *Columbus and the Discovery of America*, presented under the Barnum & Bailey banner. Kiralfy, a Hungarian-born producer known for lavish theatrical pageants, built the production around the approaching 400th anniversary of Columbus's 1492 voyage, and the poster was printed around 1891 to anticipate that commemoration. Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati produced the color chromolithograph, a technique that let large circus advertising sheets carry bold, saturated color to towns across the country. The notice of copyright by Kiralfy shows how carefully the spectacle's creator guarded his production.
| Created / published | c1891. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Imre Kiralfy. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--People--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Circus performers--1890-1900. Dancers--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219045 |
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