SIDESHOW SPECIALTIES ALA ROLTAIR

[SIDESHOW]. Barnum & Ba...

[SIDESHOW]. Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth. Blue Beard’s Chamber. Cincinnati: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1898. One-sheet circus poster depicting the titular folktale character seated at center with the heads of his wives hung on platters, in a larger room filled with displays of sideshow illusions by Henry Roltair, including perhaps his most famous mirror illusion, The Spider Girl (popularly known as “Spidora”). Also pictured is a version of the Astarte illusion. 30 x 37 ½”. Linen backed. Browning and small losses at old central fold. Framed. Not examined out of frame. RARE.