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Photo, Print, Drawing Panorama of Humbug. No. 1

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Title

  • Panorama of Humbug. No. 1

Summary

  • The artist parodies the extravagant publicity campaign conducted by showman Phineas T. Barnum for the series of American concerts by Swedish songstress Jenny Lind, which he produced in the autumn of 1850. On a small platform, beneath a massive banner with the image of Jenny Lind holding a fan and nightingale (a reference to her nickname "the Swedish nightingale"), stand a youth who is half white and half black, a showman, and a man throwing out handbills. The platform is erected outside a ticket office, and sits over a small orchestra pit with musicians blowing wind instruments with the names of several New York newspapers, including the "Tribune, Herald, Express," and "Courier and Enquirer." While a satanic figure to the left beats a drum, the showman shouts to the crowd around him: "Walk of [changed in manuscript to "up"] Ladies & Gentlemen and see the greatest wonder of the age--the Real Swedish Nightingale, the only specimen in the Country." Inside the ticket office stands Barnum himself, quietly watching from the shadows. His Museum on Broadway can be seen in the background. Jenny Lind's first American concert was given in New York on October 24, 1850. Source: Reilly.

Names

  • Schaus, W. (William), publisher

Created / Published

  • [New York] : Published by W. Schaus 289 Broadway, [1850]

Headings

  • -  Lind, Jenny,--1820-1887
  • -  Barnum, P. T.--(Phineas Taylor),--1810-1891
  • -  Ticket offices--New York (State)--New York--1850
  • -  Stages (Platforms)--1850
  • -  Crowds--New York (State)--New York--1850
  • -  Streets--New York (State)--New York--1850
  • -  Street lights--New York (State)--New York--1850
  • -  City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1850

Format Headings

  • Lithographs--1850.
  • Political cartoons--1850.

Genre

  • Political cartoons--1850
  • Lithographs--1850

Notes

  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Printed on upper right corner: No. 1.
  • -  The print, evidently conceived as the first in a series, was deposited for copyright on October 17. Number 2 in the series, entitled "The Second Deluge," is reproduced by Murrell and also pertains to the Jenny Lind tour.
  • -  Inscribed in ink on bottom: N. 53. Deposited in the Clerk's Office So. Dist. N.Y. Sept. 12 1850. Recd at D of S Oct 17 /50.
  • -  Murrell, p. 162 (second in the series)
  • -  Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
  • -  Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1850-12.

Medium

  • 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; sheet 33.3 x 42.7 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PGA - Schaus (W.)--Panorama of Humbug ... (A size) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress)

Repository

Digital Id

  • pga 12658 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.12658
  • cph 3a05239 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05239

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004665373

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-pga-12658 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-1425 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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Schaus, W. , Publisher. Panorama of Humbug. No. 1. New York, 1850. [New York: Published by W. Schaus 289 Broadway] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004665373/.

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Schaus, W. (1850) Panorama of Humbug. No. 1. New York, 1850. [New York: Published by W. Schaus 289 Broadway] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004665373/.

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Schaus, W. , Publisher. Panorama of Humbug. No. 1. [New York: Published by W. Schaus 289 Broadway] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004665373/>.