Circus - Sideshow - Wild West
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 19, 2017 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 10
Professor D.M. Bristol’s Equescurriculum.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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| $500 | $50 |
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Bristol, D.M. Professor D.M. Bristol’s Equescurriculum. Buffalo: The Courier Co., ca. 1900. Color lithograph advertises the act of Denver the trained mule under the tutelage of trainer D.M. Bristol. Denver drinks, rocks in a chair, fishes with a pole, and helps the professor with his overcoat. 28 ¾ x 20 ¾”. Expert restoration in margins; B+. Bristol trained horses and mules, publishing accounts of his accomplishments and techniques in the field. Other posters for his shows depicted his pupils “enjoying” specially made swings, impersonating life-size hobby-horses, ring bells, and operating a teeter-totter.
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