Snapshots of the Past

[Acrobats on horseback] – Historic Print

[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnson & Co., 1870. — vintage poster
[Acrobats on horseback], Buffalo : Warren, Johnson & 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.)

Description

This rare vintage poster captures [Acrobats on horseback] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

[Acrobats on horseback]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Acrobats performing on horseback are the subject of this tall color poster, printed in Buffalo, New York, in 1870 by Warren, Johnson & Co. The record credits the design to an artist signed Morse, but that attribution comes from an older caption card and has not been verified. Circus posters of this era were often color woodcuts built from several inked blocks, and printers produced them to advertise traveling shows to passersby on city streets and barn walls. At roughly 80 by 41 inches, this sheet shows how dramatically such advertisements were scaled to draw a crowd.

Created / publishedBuffalo : Warren, Johnson & 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 scan835 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176359

More from the Horses collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Acrobats on horseback][Acrobats on horseback][Acrobats on horseback][Acrobats on horseback][Acrobats on horseback][Acrobats on horseback][Woman on horseback, Peru][Woman on horseback, Peru][Man on horseback, Peru][Man on horseback, Peru][Man on horseback, Peru][Man on horseback, Peru]