Circus poster reading "Greatest Shows" with a classical statue group – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Circus poster reading "Greatest Shows" with a classical statue group. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Circus poster reading "Greatest Shows" with a classical statue group
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A bold "Greatest Shows" banner promises spectacle, while the classical statue group beside it suggests refinement, a bid for respectability at a time when circuses were trying to shed their image as rough entertainment. Printers of the late 1800s often borrowed Greco-Roman imagery to polish advertising that might otherwise have looked like a sideshow. Posters like this were pasted on walls and fences ahead of a town's arrival, so they had to catch the eye quickly from across the street.
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,471 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g05379_ |
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