Sujet
Messrs. Barnum and Bailey's "Greatest Show On Earth" at Olympia, 1898. Creator: Carl Hentschel.
Légende
Messrs. Barnum and Bailey's "Greatest Show On Earth" at Olympia, 1898. '"Gracious! Algy, I'm certain someone is trying to pick my pocket"; the development of the new woman climax - a clown!; the late General Gordon's messenger; the Whirling Dervishes; "Yer know, if I kep' that up fer long, 'Arry, I shud git giddy!"; doleful effect of trying to watch the performances in the three rings all at once; the Three-Horned Cow; "Is that the cow with the crumpled horn you weaded to me about, Mummy?"; "Wot price the 'airless 'orse, Billiam? Abart two to one, Barnum, I shud say".' It must be...admitted that for sheer magnitude and variety Messrs. Barnum and Bailey's Show, which opened at Olympia on Boxing Day, fully deserves its high-sounding title..this week our Artist illustrates the humours of the display in its effect upon the gaping thousands who daily crowd Olympia in wide-eyed wonder. The three distinct circus-rings, with their varied performances, the mimic Soudan War, the vast spectacle entitled "The Mahdi," the great menagerie, the tragi-comic humanity represented by the "freaks" - all these and a hundred other features must be seen to be appreciated at their true attractiveness. Suffice it that together they form "the Greatest Show on Earth".' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM26A14_257
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51.6Mo (4.9Mo) / 30.2cm x 42.8cm / 3563 x 5057 (300dpi)