Замечательные из женихов девицы Юлии Пастрана
Pastrana courted, possibly in Russia
Pastrana courted, possibly in Russia
unknown
Julia Pastrana: Apewoman
Repin.info
1858
Possibly the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
jpg (originally Металлография--metallography)
Russian
Image
<a href="http://repin.info/kaprizy-prirody/yuliya-pastrana-zhenshchina-orangutang">Link to Blog Post<br /><br /></a><a href="http://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/nar/odn/iyt/32.jpg">Link to Image</a>
Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie
Pastrana in dance pose
Pastrana in dance pose
Vinzenz Katzler
Wikimedia Commons
Before 1900
Public Domain
jpg
German
<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julia_Pastrana.JPG">Link</a>
Broadside, London 1857
Advertisement for Pastrana's Performance at the Regent's Gallery, London
Broadside includes an image (woodcut) of Pastrana and details about her performances. Red and blue on white background.
W. Brickhill's Steam Printing Works.[London] (Kennington and Walworth Roads, 20 doors from the Elephant & Castle) :
Regent Gallery
<a href="http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0033804.html">Wellcome Library, London</a>
1857-07
Creative Commons Attribution only license CC BY 4.0
jpg
English
Coloured Woodcut and Text
L0033804; Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 38980i
Poem narrated from the perspective of Pastrana
Poem narrated from the perspective of Pastrana who is pregnant with her child. She has a dream about her fate after her death and seeks reassurance from her husband.
Wendy Rose
The Halfbreed Chronicles
West End
1992.
doc
English
Poem
[Man courts Pastrana], Lithograph
Pastrana courted possibly by Englishman Roger Burke
Pastrana courted possibly by Englishman Roger Burke.
OCLC, WorldCat summary: "Bearded woman on left holding a flower stands facing a very tall man with gigantic stomach on right; between them a smaller image of the man balances on a scale with a 15-pood weight; behind the woman is another very small man in the stance of a suitor; behind the man is a group of 7 men looking up toward the giant's head; text beneath the image, in 2 columns describes the physical characteristics of the two and their courtship."
Шарапов, П. Н.
Stanford, Hoover Library
Miracle Woman, Julia Pastrana by Gennady Chernenko (2008-09-30); image also available in this article: https://studylib.net/doc/8144091/the-300th-anniversary-of-peter-the-great-kunstkamera--171...
1858
jpg
Russian
Image
<a href="http://paranormal-news.ru/news/2008-09-30-761-0">Link to blog post</a>; l<a href="https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11761741">ink to Stanford library entry</a>
"Impressions of the United States and Canada by a Russian Lady, To the Editor of the Herald"
A Russian woman's visit to the U.S. and Canada
"Sisinka" describes her travels, including details (in the last paragraph) about seeing Julia Pastrana perform in Toronto
New York Herald. Issue 7301, August 26, 1856, p. 2.
New York Herald
1856-08-26
fultonhistory.com
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png
English
Letter printed in newspaper
A Literary Curiosity
Speculation about biography of Julia Pastrana
Column about publications in 1854 and 1855 with implicit critique of texts written by Americans. Rumors that Julia Pastrana is writing an autobiography that includes details about her father's rough behavior.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
The New York Daily Times
1855-02-01
Copyright New York Times Company Feb 1, 1855.
IsFormatOf New York Daily Times
pdf
English
Article
ProQuest Document ID: 95852434
Chanson. Julia Pastrana quitte l'Angleterre
Julia Pastrana leaves England
Pastrana is seated in a carriage driven by one man with two men standing in back of her. Rather than horses, three men pull the carriage and two additional men seem to be emerging from the smoke of a chimney. Pastrana wears a red dress and hat and is holding a flower.
Translation by Olga Balalaeva:
CAPTION [very small, lower left, of illustration]
(....) Moscow, August 18, 1858, Censor P. Kopnest
TITLE
Departure of the Maiden Julia Pastrana from England
[Presented in rhyming couplets typical of Russian Petrushka puppet theatre, under a lubok-style image.]
COLUMN ONE [rhyming couplets]
Thus Julia departs,
Leaving England.
She had stayed there
Accumulating a lot of money.
And she seduced many,
Charmed by herself.
Many chased after her,
Seduced by her beauty.
They asked for her hand,
But all were fooled.
But Love is not a toy,
As Petrushka* says. [*A character from Russian Puppet theatre]
See how she's admired,
The suitors learned of her departure,
Reached her in a moment, (And hastening to her side)
Put away their horses.
They harnessed themselves,
So themselves to carry her.
Julia sat in the cart,
And started a song.
COLUMN TWO
Rozherim* the fatso, [* Rodger, a person's name]
is an awfully kind man.
He harnessed himself to the shafts,
To entertain Julia.
He is very big,
His weight is 15 pood.* [*pood--a old Russian measure of weight, 1 pood is approx. 36 lbs.]
His belly is fat,
His height is great.
He can carry anyone,
And does it alright.
Gango Hudano* also started to fuss, [*imaginary character, named from the Russian word "hudoi" meaning thin; "gango" probably related to the English word "gangly"]
Got into the right-side harness.
Being horribly thin,
Such a trotter he is,
He runs 15 versts* an hour [*verst--a old Russian measure of distance, 1 verst is approx. 2/3 mile]
And doesn't get tired.
Yudaro-Puzano* also arrived, [*imaginary character, named from the Russian word "puzo" meaning "beerbelly"; "Yudaro" probably related to the Russian word for Jew, "yudei"]
And ran, harnessed on the left side.
Such a fatso,
And he himself is short.
THIRD COLUMN
His head is big,
All styled in curls.
The fourth suitor did better,
Occupied the coachman's place.
He harnessed all three others,
And started to shoo them with a whip.
The troika started to gallop,
Julia began to laugh.
Rozherim cleared his throat,
All of them sweated.
Hudano also tried,
He bolted at the touch of the whip.
Puzano moaned,
Catching up with them.
Two other suitors,
Stood behind on the footmen's place,
Fulfilling the lackey' role.
The suitor-dandies beholding this equipage
Began to horribly sob
Though they didn't love Julia
They had fixed their minds on her.
COLUMN FOUR
To get married to her,
To get their hands on her money.
They sold the last of their belongings,
And courted Julia.
They presented her different surprises,
They lost everything.
They did not get to Julia,
"out the pipe flew the smoke".* [*idiom: their money went up in smoke (out the chimney-pipe)]
See how they want to catch up to her,
To take back their gifts.
But Rozherim is riding in such a way
That takes everyone by surprise.
No one understands where his trot comes from.
As if he would leap free of his shafts.
Hudano and Pusano keep up the good fight,
Galloping like the wind.
It's a bit difficult to overtake Julia,
So the dandies will have to starve.
Centre Pompidou-Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre de Création Industrielle
<a href="http://www.photo.rmn.fr/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2CO5PCDI6ZTV3&SMLS=1&RW=1010&RH=601">L'Agence Photo</a>
1858-01-01
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI
Photo (C) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Georges Meguerditchian
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Russian
Lithograph
Cote Cliché: 15-502840, No. d'Inventaire: AM81-65-1309, Note de l'Image: 4N70080
Polytrichia, Julia Pastrana
Possible photo of Julia Pastrana. According to Nikolai Krementsov, "[the words on the caption] are "Iulia Pastrana" written in Mansurov's hand on the margin of the photo in Cyrillic script."
Photo from Russian physician Nikolai Mansurov’s Klinicheskiĭ sbornik po dermatologīi
Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, Ed. Michael Sappol, Jackson, TN: Blast Books, 2012
<a href="https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101595262-img">U.S. National Library of Medicine</a>, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services.
Michael Sappol
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
IsVersionOf Polytrichia, Julia Pastrana
jpg
Russian and Latin.
Photograph
NLM Unique ID: 101595262, NLM Image ID:
A033052
Local Matters. A Novel Suit
Brouhaha about Pastrana's Marriage to Theodore Lent in Baltimore, MD
Complaint by J.W. Beach about Pastrana's marriage to Theodore Lent. Justice Lawder investigates the complaint.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
The Sun, 10 Nov 1855: 1.
1855-11-10
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pdf
English
Newspaper Article
Document ID: 533455722