Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth / Imre Kiralfy’s Columbus and the Discovery of America. Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho, ca. 1891. Color lithograph depicting a battle scene reenactment at Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Text: “Columbus in armor participating in the war against Granada. Tremendous reproduction on a colossal scale of the glorious and marvelous siege of Baza, with all the wild tumultuous and turbulent scenes of actual war. An army of combatants, knights, cavaliers and soldiers actually engaged.” 29 ¼ x 37 ½”. Scattered repairs and pieced in losses with misalignments, margin trimmed, losses, toning from tape down center. Linen backed.