Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- Eighth Wonder...the Wonderful Miss Beffin Intends doing herself the honor of being exhibited in Strood Fair..., 212 x 134mm., Rochester, Caddel, [c.1811] § Miss Beffin Intends exhibiting her wonderful Powers...During this Present Fair, Edmonton...N.B. Miniatures Likenesses painted on Ivory at Three Guineas each, inscription to head erased leaving tiny hole, 220 x 124mm., T. Romney, 1811 [dated by hand in ink to head], printed handbills, strip of tape to inner-edge to verso (2)
⁂ At the will of her parents, Beffin spent her formative years travelling from town to town as the subject of public exhibition. Both handbills challenge readers who doubt her abilities with a wager, "if she cannot, and even much more, the Conductor will forfeit 1000 Guineas".
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