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Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.

Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...

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.

A man, in a satin tunic and fur hat, dancing a "Cossack" measure in a studio setting.

Facts! Amazing facts! : Never exhibited in England, Mademoiselle Lefort, a first rate phenomen ...

A male bodybuilder wearing bathing trunks, posing in a studio setting.

Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.

A male bodybuilder wearing bathing trunks, striking a "Cossack dance" pose, in a studio setting.

A grey-haired Samoan man, with a moustache.

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A man, in a satin tunic and fur hat, dancing a "Cossack" measure in a studio setting.

Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.

A grey-haired Samoan man, with a moustache.

A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.

A male bodybuilder wearing bathing trunks, striking a "Cossack dance" pose, in a studio setting.