Royal Aquarium : Notice: the manager has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded arrangements with Chang, the great Chinese giant.

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[1880?]
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Royal Aquarium : Notice: the manager has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded arrangements with Chang, the great Chinese giant. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Poster, printed in black on orange paper, advertising the appearance of Chang, a chinese giant (over 8 feet tall) in some sort of variety show at the Royal Aquarium (a large exhibition hall and theatre built in 1876 and demolished in 1902 on the site of the current Central Hall opposite Westminster Abbey, London). The poster was printed by Aubert's Steam Printing Works in Maiden Lane, Strand, London.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1880?] (London : Aubert.)

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1 broadside ; 75 cm

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