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Sat, Jun 26, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 441

[TATTOO] Royal Aquarium Daily Program featuring Tattooed La...

Estimate: $125 - $225

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[TATTOO] Royal Aquarium Daily Program featuring Tattooed Lady. Westminster: London, Oct. 27, 1887. Afternoon and evening letterpress and color block-printed playbills, printed on separate leaves, but hinged together at the margin. Programs feature circus, sideshow, and variety entertainers including Madame De Burgh (i.e. Emma De Burgh), The American Tattooed Lady; La Belle Fatma ?Beauty of Tunis?; Madame Victorina, strongwoman; a bareback steeplechase; living statuary; Professor Roche?s Pack of 15 Russian Wolves; Professor Cross, Phrenologist; Professor Beckwith?s swimming entertainment; Professor Stokes on Memory; and others. Overall, 24 x 17?. Uneven margins, but overall very good.