For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.

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1874
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For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Colour poster advertising an appearance at a freakshow or as part of a variety night by a man and boy (Adrian and Feodor, the 'Kostroma people' from Russia) both of whom were suffering from extreme hypertrichosis of the face. They were due to appear 2 nights later at the Middlesex Music Hall, Drury Lane on Wednesday, Feb. 25th. The poster shows the two people sitting with red shirts, blue jackets, pink trousers, grey boots against a yellow background. The type is in green.

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[London] : Speedy & Poole, 1874 (Drury Lane [London] : J.W. Last)

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1 broadside : color illustrations, portraits ; 75 cm

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