Unequalled novelty from Westminster Hall, London, will arrive in this town on the of this month : The public of this town and its vicinity are most respectfully informed that a wonderful display of the works of nature will be exhibited here for a short time only. Mr. J. Chipperfield begs to inform the public that he has entered into an expensive engagement with Mr. Tipney the Skeleton Man Alive, born in the year 1841, and weighs only forty-nine pounds!.

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view Unequalled novelty from Westminster Hall, London, will arrive in this town on the  of this month : The public of this town and its vicinity are most respectfully informed that a wonderful display of the works of nature will be exhibited here for a short time only. Mr. J. Chipperfield begs to inform the public that he has entered into an expensive engagement with Mr. Tipney the Skeleton Man Alive, born in the year 1841, and weighs only forty-nine pounds!.

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Unequalled novelty from Westminster Hall, London, will arrive in this town on the of this month : The public of this town and its vicinity are most respectfully informed that a wonderful display of the works of nature will be exhibited here for a short time only. Mr. J. Chipperfield begs to inform the public that he has entered into an expensive engagement with Mr. Tipney the Skeleton Man Alive, born in the year 1841, and weighs only forty-nine pounds!. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Poster (with spaces for overprinting with details of dates) advertising appearances of Robert Tipney, an extremely emaciated young man.

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[1867]

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1 sheet : black and white ; 58 x 23 cm

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