An Education: The Personal Library of John

Ringling

Circus Kings

Ringling Brothers poster, circa 1898

The Ringlings

John Ringling and Mable Ringling, portraits by Savely Abramovitch Sorine, 1927.

Coming to Sarasota

John outside the Ca’d’Zan, 1928, with his dog Tell.

The Ringling Museum

The John Ringling Library

Rare Titles

Two plates from Galerie lithographiée des tableaux de S.A.R. le duc d'Orléans, 1825.

Auction Catalogs from the John Ringling Library

At auction

John Ringling at a Christie’s auction in London, May 15, 1928.

Mable?

Mable with her dogs, 1926.

Rare Book Project

Rare Titles

Two volume set Galerie lithographiée des tableaux de S.A.R. le duc d'Orléans, 1825.

Rare Titles

View of the stacks in The John Ringling Library Room.

Newest book in his Library

Rare Titles

Ruskin’s Works, 1899, 27 volumes.

Conservation

One plate and the table of contents, with foxing, from our oversize folio Galerie lithographiée des tableaux de S.A.R. le duc d'Orléans, 1825.

Digitization

Dessins applicable a l'email, aux vitraux, by Paul Victor Grandhomme.

Digitization

Peinture décorative by Arthur Martin.

Librarian Favorites

The John Ringling Library

Librarian Favorites

A full-length portrait of the Marquis of Granby by Sir Joshua Reynolds, circa 1920s

Legacy

John and Mable, 1919

The John Ringling Library

By Clara Crawford Perkins, 1903

By Leader Scott, 1883By Franz Reber, 1890

The Ringling Art Library

The John Ringling Library

Sculture artistiche delle gallerie di Firenze, 1900

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