Samri S. Baldwin, the white mahatma and a superb company – Vintage Wall Art
![Samri S. Baldwin, the white mahatma and a superb company, Hartford : Calhoun Print., [ca. 1870] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/ae61aaa02717-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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Step back in time with Samri S. Baldwin, the white mahatma and a superb company, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Samri S. Baldwin is billed here as "the white mahatma," a title that signals the exotic, mystical air the performer wanted to project. Western showmen of the 19th century often borrowed "mahatma," a Sanskrit term meaning "great soul," to suggest Eastern wisdom, and the skulls and cats in this tall color woodcut promise an eerie, sensational spectacle. Printed by the Calhoun Printing firm in Hartford around 1870, the poster was designed to catch the eye on a street wall. Baldwin lived from 1848 to 1924, and the sheet offers a useful look at how stage magic advertised itself in that period.
| Created / published | Hartford : Calhoun Print., [ca. 1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : woodcut, color ; 212 x 106 cm. |
| Notes | Created by Calhoun Print |
| Subjects | Baldwin, Samri S.,--1848-1924--Performances. Skulls. Magicians. Cats. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,126 × 5,127 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226531 |
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