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Oreste Cortazzo (Rome, 1836-1910, Paris) was an Italian-born French painter, graphic artist and illustrator, born in Rome. Oreste Cortazzo was a pupil

Although the sideshow has mostly disappeared from the American landscape today, we can still look back on the performers of yesteryear and see how they became the icons of the American circus culture. But the stories of the real-life people behind the leg