BARNUM, PHINEAS T. (1810-1891). Carte-de-visite photograph signed and dated ("P.T. Barnum 1867"), by Black & Case, Boston & Newport, R.I. (imprint on mount verso), n.d. [circa 1867]. 100 x 61 mm. (3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.) including mount, some minor spotting, otherwise fine. A shoulder-length vignette portrait of the famous showman, signed on the lower portion of the image. "He opened his circus 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' in 1871 and joined with the competition to form Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1881"--W.M.
BARNUM, PHINEAS T. (1810-1891). Carte-de-visite photograph signed and dated ("P.T. Barnum 1867"), by Black & Case, Boston & Newport, R.I. (imprint on mount verso), n.d. [circa 1867]. 100 x 61 mm. (3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.) including mount, some minor spotting, otherwise fine. A shoulder-length vignette portrait of the famous showman, signed on the lower portion of the image. "He opened his circus 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' in 1871 and joined with the competition to form Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1881"--W.M.
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