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  • Anna Macallame, a bearded woman. Line engraving.
  • Andre Eberhard Rauber, a man with an exceptionally long beard. Line engraving by E. Andresohn.
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].
  • Helena Antonio, a bearded woman. Line engraving.
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on white paper].
  • A woman with a moustache and beard: head and shoulders. Photograph.
  • Julia Pastrana, a bearded woman. Process print after G. Wick.
  • Julia Pastrana, "the nondescript", advertised for exhibition. Colour woodcut.
  • Barbara van Beck, a hirsute woman. Mezzotint.
  • Annie Jones-Elliot, a bearded woman. Wood engraving.
  • Senora Pastrana, a bearded woman. Reproduction of a wood engraving.
  • The hirsute Kostroma people from the primeval forests of central Russia : the first of their kind ever seen in England.
  • Annie Jones-Elliot, a bearded woman. Wood engraving.
  • The hirsute Kostroma people from the primeval forests of central Russia : the first of their kind ever seen in England.
  • Barbara van Beck, a hirsute woman. Etching, 1813.
  • A person with very long, strange hair. Engraving.
  • Madame Delait en promenade avec son chien.
  • Julia Pastrana, a bearded woman, embalmed. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • [Newspaper clipping (1880) advertising an appearance by Chang, the Fychow giant and Professor Cross, phrenologist at the Royal Aquarium, London and King Theebaw's sacred Burmese hairy family at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
  • Johann Staininger, a man with a very long beard. Aquatint.
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [jungle illustration].
  • Clémentine Delait. Process print, 191-.
  • Old Parr, an elderly apothecary with an extremely long beard mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar. Pen drawing by Matthews(?), 1861(?).
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].
  • Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.
  • Maud Temple, a bearded woman at Pickard's Waxwork exhibition, Glasgow. Process print, ca. 1910.
  • A man with very long hair. Engraving.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].