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Mr Harry Phillips' Living Mythological Mermaid Handbill, 1886

 Item — Box: John Barmwell Taylor Box 1
Reference code: 178T1.129

Scope and Contents

Living Mermaid at Royal Aquarium. "Half beautiful woman, half fish, submerged in a glass tank with live fish.” Illustrated. Printed by Burt and Son’s, 58 Portchester Road, Bayswater W.

Dates

  • Creation: 1886

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 138mm x 218mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Physical Description

See Toulmin, Vanessa. Curio things in Curios places: Temporary exhibition venues in the Victorian and Edwardian entertainment environment in Early Popular Visual Culture. 303ol 4 [2] July 2006, pp 133-137

Cultural context

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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