Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena – Historic Reproduction
![Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena, Amst[erdam] (Holland) : Faddegon & Co., lith., [between 1880 and 1900] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/99c21bd8ab4e-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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A window into the past: Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena
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Miss Stena, named in this Amsterdam chromolithograph as performing the "Descent of Absalom," appears to hang from a balloon, a daring stunt that drew paying crowds to late nineteenth-century circuses and fairground shows. The poster was printed by Faddegon & Co., a firm known for bold color advertising, and dates from between 1880 and 1900. The title's biblical reference to Absalom, who was caught by his hair in an oak tree, hints that the performer's dangling descent was meant to thrill. The print belongs to the Tissandier collection, linked to the French aeronaut Gaston Tissandier, which makes it a useful record of how ballooning was sold to the public.
| Created / published | Amst[erdam] (Holland) : Faddegon & Co., lith., [between 1880 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1880-1900.Circus posters 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title from item. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Aerialists--1880-1900. Circuses & shows--1880-1900. Balloons (Aircraft)--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,004 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224012 |
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