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[WAX EXHIBITION]. Springthorpe’s Splendid Collection of Wax-Work. Hull: John Howe, n.d., 1860s. Letterpress broadside on yellow paper in red and black, with decorative border, advertising the “unrivalled exhibition” of wax-works, grand mechanical birds, and real Egyptian mummies, at the Mechanics’ Institute, Hull. The figures include Queen Victoria, Tom Thumb as Napoleon, and Robert Burns. Framed, sight 29 ¼ x 9 ½”. Tape marks lower edge; small losses and minor staining.