A manager of a penny show in conversaton with one of the characters whom he is exhibiting. Wood engraving.

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A manager of a penny show in conversaton with one of the characters whom he is exhibiting. Wood engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : wood engraving ; border 10.6 x 11.9 cm

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Manager of penny show: "Look here, 'Tildy, what have you shifted places for?" Adipose lady: " Why, boss, you said me and the nigger chief was al'ays a-quarrelling, and I wanted to prove that there was not nothing between us! See?" The characters exhibited are labelled "Fat lady", "The thin duke", and "Chief of the Poggi-Woggis". On the right, a plant in human form is displayed in a belljar and labelled "Vegetable man"

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Wellcome Collection 3874i

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