Now exhibiting at 432, West Strand : an extraordinary living phenomenon of the female sex, thirty years old, and only four feet high, having a beard six inches in length, with whiskers and moustachios.

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[1842?]
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view Now exhibiting at 432, West Strand : an extraordinary living phenomenon of the female sex, thirty years old, and only four feet high, having a beard six inches in length, with whiskers and moustachios.

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Now exhibiting at 432, West Strand : an extraordinary living phenomenon of the female sex, thirty years old, and only four feet high, having a beard six inches in length, with whiskers and moustachios. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Handbill (1842?) advertising an appearance by a very short woman from Barcelonette (in the Lower Alps) with facial hair.

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[1842?]

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1 broadside ; 19 x 13 cm

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