Barnum & Bailey Circus | Fine double portraits of P. T. Barnum and James Bailey

Barnum & Bailey Circus

Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1897 (16. B–No. 16)

Color lithograph poster (39 3/4 x 30 1/8 in.; 1008 x 768 mm). Central horizontal crease abraded with minor loss and repair, margins a bit wrinkled and soiled. Laid down on linen.

A very handsome jugate poster of the founders of the Greatest Show on Earth. After the 1881 merger of their circuses, the two impresarios named the combined show "P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show On Earth, And The Great London Circus, Sanger's Royal British Menagerie and The Grand International Allied Shows United." Perhaps they decided that "Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth" fit better on posters. A bright, vibrant impression.