Barnum and Bailey Circus Horse Fair of 380
(0000-1550)

by Unknown

1891 ad for Barnum and Bailey Horse Fair of 380.

The famous cameo-portrait poster period at Barnum and Bailey lasted only a year or so; virtually all known specimens are horizontal and the cameos are at left, in black and white. Here we have an extremely unusual vertical composition in a two-sheet poster and the portraits are in color to boot: a true collectors item.