Mary Davis, a woman with horns, aged 74. Mezzotint.

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Mary Davis, a woman with horns, aged 74. Mezzotint. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard) : Thomas Bowles ; [London] (Blackhorse in Cornhill) : ... Bowles

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Mrs. Mary Davis of Great Saughall near Chester, Ao. 1668 Ætatis. 74 when she was 28 years of age, an excrescence grew upon her head, like to a wen. Which continued 30 years, and then grew into 2 horns.

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Wellcome Collection 243i

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"Done from the original painting in the collection of the Honble. Sr. Hans Sloane Bnt."

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