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Shirley Manfredi

Shirley Manfredi Shirley Manfredi
available paintings on etsy

the forgotten sideshow

Two girls observing a group of puppet-like figures in vintage attire.

TAKING TERNS

42" x 42", oil on canvas

People queue at the circus entrance in vintage attire.

146 YEARS AGO... 

48" x 48", oil on canvas

A painting of four performers in colorful costumes and stilts on a street corner.

SIDESHOW ALLURE

48" x 48", oil on canvas

Elephants wearing blue bandanas walk down a street with a yellow building in the background.

TRUNK TO TAIL PARADE

48" x 48", oil on canvas

A woman in western attire rides a horse, waving her hat at a wild west show.

BUFFALO GAL

48" x 48", oil on canvas

A vintage train conductor offers cards beside a red train with passengers inside.

BOHEMIAN CROSSING

60" x 48", oil on canvas

Vintage-style painting of people at a Frontier Days event with historical costumes and a ticket booth.

MISS CHEYENNE

48" x 48", oil on canvas

Circus scene with performers and spectators outside a tent labeled Miriam al Musriyya Circus.

1887 EGYPTIAN CIRCUS

48" x 48", oil on canvas

Man in red cap reading a book in a colorful room with a candy shop window.

THE FORGOTTEN SIDESHOW

24" x 24", oil on canvas

View from a room overlooking a circus tent with a table holding a gun and books.

WILD WEST SHARPSHOOTERS

24" x 24", oil on canvas

LAND OF THE FREE AND BRAVE

24" x 24", oil on canvas 

FLEA CIRCUS

24" x 24", oil on canvas

A woman lounges beside a greyhound dog in a colorful, circus-themed room.

ADA AND LOTUS - Commission

24" x 24", oil on canvas

Crowd admiring vintage circus posters of Frank Lentini and Ada Briggs.

SIDESHOW DRAW

14" x 11", oil on birch panel

Vintage carnival scene with a man and a dancing woman in front of a patriotic backdrop.

QUEENS OF THE AIR

12" x 12", oil on birch panel

Vintage-style painting of a crowd at a circus entrance with a ticket seller.

WILD WEST SHOW

12" x 12", oil on birch panel

Three girls in floral dresses standing near a ventriloquist show ticket booth at a fair.

DIME SHOW

12" x 12", oil on birch panel

Colorful folk art painting of a woman and a puppet with birds in the background.

MANIQUI

8" x 10", oil on birch panel

People watch a theatrical reenactment of King Hatshepsut's opulent extravaganza.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SPECTACLE

12" x 18", oil on birch panel

A mime juggler performs with clubs while a crowd watches.

ENCHANTER

12" x 12", oil on birch panel

Painting of a bullfighter with a red cape facing a bull in an arena.

MATADORA

10" x 8", oil on birch panel

Colorful carousel art featuring swans and jester faces.

WINGED CAROUSEL

18" x 18", oil on birch panel

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