Barnum & Bailey Circus | An authorized French redrawing of an original Strobridge lithograph

Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. La Meilleure écuyère de notre époque costumes et exercises entièrement inèdits. Paris: imprimeries Courmont Freres (Reproduction authorized by Strobridge Lith Co New-York), ca. 1900 (B No. 1)

Color lithograph poster (30 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.; 768 x 999 mm). Designated "Reproduction interdite," with French revenue stamp and Barnum and Bailey ink stamp in upper left; some fox spots and light dampstains, top margin with several short tears and two small chips, light central vertical crease. Laid down on linen.

This seems to be a poorly executed—albeit authorized—French poster redrawn from a Strobridge original. Very scarce.