[Man courts Pastrana], Lithograph

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Title

[Man courts Pastrana], Lithograph

Subject

Pastrana courted possibly by Englishman Roger Burke

Description

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."

Creator

Шарапов, П. Н.

Source

Stanford, Hoover Library

Publisher

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...

Date

1858

Format

jpg

Language

Russian

Type

Image

Files

Russia, Paranormal News.jpg

Tags

Citation

Шарапов, П. Н. , “[Man courts Pastrana], Lithograph,” Julia Pastrana Online, accessed March 28, 2024, https://juliapastranaonline.com/items/show/51.

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