Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
Thu, Jul 11, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 25
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / Miss Dorothy He...
Estimate: $125 - $225
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / Miss Dorothy Herbert. Circa 1934. Offset color lithograph portrait of the ?World?s most daring horsewoman? with her horse, Satan. 41 x 27?. Backed with grommet holes in top two corners. Minor foxing, minimal edgewear with chipping top right. Paper residue from date-tail removal over lower margin. B+.This image of Dorothy Herbert was featured on the front cover of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus?s 1934 program book, the first time in the circus?s history that any individual performer?s image was used in this way.
