{"id":9423,"date":"2026-09-18T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:22:21","slug":"the-showman-leblond-oval-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-showman-leblond-oval-print\/","title":{"rendered":"The Showman, LeBlond Oval Print"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Showman<\/h2>\n
Le Blond No. 83<\/div>\n
Date:<\/strong> 1854-1867
\nSize:<\/strong> 6 3\/4″ \u00d7 5 1\/4″<\/div>\n

A traveling showman attracts the attention of villagers with his entertainment. Below is a scan from the Lewis book in black and white.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"The<\/div>\n
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From The LeBlond Book<\/em> by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920<\/h3>\n
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\n\"The\n<\/div>\n
\nAfter a painting by Webster. Another charming village scene. The showman, a member of a species now extinct, is exhibiting to a cluster of village children, if not the \u2018 \u2018orrible murder of Maria Martin,\u2019 doubtless some other equally thrilling and edifying event. His big drum, used on occasions to beat up the attendance that is otherwise slack, is temporarily receiving the attention of one of his audience. A child, at the house close by, is soliciting a copper from granny to enable him also to see the show. The church is visible in the distance, and on the left a row of stately elms. Strutt, in his \u2018Sports and Pastimes,\u2019 1831, says: \u2018In the present day, the puppet showman travels about the streets when the weather will permit, and carries his motions, with the theatre itself, upon his back! The exhibition takes place in the open air; and the precarious income of the miserable itinerant depends entirely on the voluntary contributions of the spectators, which, as far as one may judge from the squalid appearance he usually makes, is very trifling.\u2019 Size, width 6 \u00be inches. Length, 5 \u00bc inches. R. \u00a32 15s. The print is signed on the bottom right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Showman Le Blond No. 83 Date: 1854-1867 Size: 6 3\/4″ \u00d7 5 1\/4″ A traveling showman attracts the attention of villagers with his entertainment. Below is a scan from the Lewis book in black and white. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920 After a painting by Webster. 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