This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
WESTON, Priscilla and Amelia. THE CANADIAN GIANTESSES. Newcastle Upon Tyne: W. Boag, ca. 1840. Letterpress broadside bears a wood-engraved image of the twenty-two-year-old twin sisters, “each standing nearly seven feet high.” In conjunction with their appearance is an albino woman, “the skin on her head is a fine pink colour, and her neck is as white as snow.” A waxwork exhibit rounds out the bill. Framed to 23½ × 11". Tears, cracks, and browning visible, but not examined out of frame.