A hen with a deformed face, supposedly like a human one: three views. Wood engraving.

London (2 Tottenham Court Road, first house from Oxford Street) : William Percival

1 print : wood engraving

Wonderful phenomenon !! A full & interesting accout of a curious production of nature, a hen with a human face, just brought to London. ... Lettering continues, " Particulars of its birth, method of feeding, general habits, scientific examination by the most celebrated medical men, a verbatim account taken from this week's Lancet, by Thomas Wakeley, surgeon. With three engravings copied from life, together with numerous ancedotes of other strange productions."

Wellcome Collection 3244i