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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

Sat, Feb 24, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 218

[CURIOSITY—MUMMY]. Wonderful Natural Phenomenon. A Specimen...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[CURIOSITY?MUMMY]. Wonderful Natural Phenomenon. A Specimen of a Negro Man, Preserved by Guano, no Exhibiting in the Victoria Saloon Rooms. Lowgate, Hull: William Stephenson, Printer, Eastern Counties Herald Office, [1845]. Letterpress poster advertising the exhibition of a ?human mummy? ?brought from the Possession Island, in Elizabeth?s Bay, Southern Africa, forty-two miles south of Ichaboe,?in an entire state of Preservation, after being buried nearly One Hundred Years.? Old manuscript date top right (4 August 1845). 17 x 10 7/8?. Small loss at top left; slight tears and creasing.