Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
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Lot 257
[FLEA CIRCUS]. Wilh. Roloff Flea Circus. Hamburg: Adolph Fr...
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[FLEA CIRCUS]. Wilh. Roloff Flea Circus. Hamburg: Adolph Friedl?nder, ca. [1907]. No. 4054. Color stone lithograph depicting Roloff's flea circus in several vignettes. The fleas drive a royal flea-drawn carriage, juggle, balance on a ball and tightrope, dance in matching dresses, pull cannons, and engage in a bout of fencing. 32 ? x 27 ?". Linen backed. Expertly repaired with inpainting to original folds. Marginal restorations with several closed tears. Poster trimmed along top edge. A-. RARE; the only color lithograph for a flea circus with which we are acquainted.
