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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Sideshow - Circus
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Sideshow - Circus

Artist Hortense T. Ferne (American, 1885 - 1976)
Date20th century
MediumDrypoint etching
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 7/8 x 8 in. (25.1 x 20.3 cm)
Overall: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hortense T. Ferne
Object number71.72.6
Terms
  • Circus
  • People
  • performers
  • Musicians
On View
Not on view
DescriptionDry-point etching on paper with two deckle edges. The subject of this print is a circus sideshow with dancers, musicians, a fat lady and a bearded lady, etc.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Hortense T. Ferne
20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hortense T. Ferne
1920s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hortense T. Ferne
20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Hortense T. Ferne
1922
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1936-1940
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1936-1940
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1936-1940
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
1925