Sujet

Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum, of New York, proprietor of the "White Elephant", 1884. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum, of New York, proprietor of the "White Elephant", 1884. Portrait of American showman, businessman, and politician P. T. Barnum (1810-1891), co-founder of Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1881. Barnum acquired an elephant from the King of Siam, billed as the 'Sacred White Elephant of Burma'. After much effort and great expense, Barnum discovered that his 'white elephant' - named Toung Taloung - was actually dirty grey in colour with a few pink spots.

Date

1884

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_017

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38,7Mo (2,4Mo) / 25,7cm x 37,7cm / 3040 x 4453 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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