Martin, HenriLe Lion Neron et Le Tigre Atir. Marseille: Imprimerie Feissat Aîné et Demonchy, 1834 Broadside (632 x 455 mm). Decorative woodcut border with star motif, text in French; a few stray spots, two holes to upper margin, closed primarily marginal tears, two presumably institutional stamps to upper border, tear to lower right corner with loss. Mounted, framed, and glazed; not examined out of frame. It is believed wild animals were first featured in circus acts in 1831, when the French trainer Henri Martin, performing in Germany, entered a cage with a tiger. Martin was fast followed by Isaac A. Van Amburgh, an American trainer who is purported to be the first man to stick his head into a lion’s mouth. REFERENCE:Exemplars, p. 345Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.
Martin, HenriLe Lion Neron et Le Tigre Atir. Marseille: Imprimerie Feissat Aîné et Demonchy, 1834 Broadside (632 x 455 mm). Decorative woodcut border with star motif, text in French; a few stray spots, two holes to upper margin, closed primarily marginal tears, two presumably institutional stamps to upper border, tear to lower right corner with loss. Mounted, framed, and glazed; not examined out of frame. It is believed wild animals were first featured in circus acts in 1831, when the French trainer Henri Martin, performing in Germany, entered a cage with a tiger. Martin was fast followed by Isaac A. Van Amburgh, an American trainer who is purported to be the first man to stick his head into a lion’s mouth. REFERENCE:Exemplars, p. 345Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.
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