The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

[SIDESHOW – HANDBILLS]. Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusual Exhibitions. Including: Everyone Should See the Giant Baby. [London, 1886]. The corpulent child weighed 58 ½ lbs. and stood three feet high. – Chevalier Cliquot The Greatest Sensation of Modern Times!! [London, 1899]. A sword swallower who also swallows a watch and electric light. Small loss at top. – A Wild Indian Chief with his Wife and Child. [London], 1821. Managed by Chabert the poison and fire resister. Laid down with small loss at right. – Just Arrived from Bengal, A Beautiful Little Blood Mare. [London, 1820]. Small illustration in upper third. The horse is advertised as nine years old and only 33 inches high. – Two Human Beings with Dogs’ Heads. [London, ca. 1870s?]. Likely advertising a hairy family or Russian “dog-faced” men. Matted. The largest 10 ¾ x 6 ½”. A very good group.