Hanging card advertising the ten-year old El Nino Eddie on the tightrope
1865
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1865
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Hanging card advertising the ten-year old El Nino Eddie on the tightrope is a 1865 by Ledger Job Printing, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This 1865 poster advertises a kid tightrope walker named El Nino Eddie. It was made by Ledger Job Printing, a company that made show ads back then. Ten-year-old Eddie was already famous. His dad used ads to make him look like a mini version of a famous tightrope star. Read about the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this poster.