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Some funny things at Barnum's
Some funny things at Barnum's
1 drawing : pen and ink over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 31.7 x 42.5 cm.
Illustration shows vignettes of animals and clowns performing at the circus: seals smoking, playing guitar, tambourine, drums and a hurdy gurdy, a pig dressed as a woman wheeling a piglet in a baby carriage, a dog turning a somersault, and a duck dancing a polka with a clown.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- (DLC/PP-1933:0118).
- Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
- Published in: "Some wonderful animals at the circus," Harper's young people, 9:473 (May 8, 1888).
- Cabinet of American Illustration
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows.
- Circus performers.
- Ducks.
- Seals (Animals)
- Swine.
- Trained animals.
- Drawings--American.
- Periodical illustrations.
Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress)
Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924, artist
