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Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

Thu, Oct 11, 2018 11:00PM EDT
Lot 218

Chang The Great Fychow Giant Galop.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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(Zhan Shichai, 1845-1891). Chang The Great Fychow Giant Galop. London, ca. 1860s. Scarce complete 8pp. sheet music with lithographed cover illustrating Chang the Giant, and Che Mah the Chinese Dwarf. Trimmed partially at top from prior binding, otherwise very good. Chang, measuring close to 8 feet in height, exhibited himself as the Great Fychow Giant at London?s Egyptian Hall in the 1860s. He appeared in many other venues, including with Barnum in the 1870s, at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, the Royal Aquarium in Westminster in 1880, and the Oxford Music Hall in 1883.