Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster: date made: 1977. Associated Name: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. maker: Ringling Brothers.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The poster artwork is by Gustavo Novoa , a champion of ecology and wildlife preservation, who was commissioned to do the poster and programs for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1977.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1977
- Associated Name: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
- maker: Ringling Brothers
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 38 in x 23 1/8 in; 96.52 cm x 58.7375 cm
- Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Circus
- ID Number: 2017.3021.005
- nonaccession number: 2017.3021
- catalog number: 2017.3021.005
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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