Mermaids.- Cruikshank (Isaac Robert) and others. The Mermaid, now Exhibiting at the Turf Coffee House, St Jame's Street, etching, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 197 x 246 mm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in), minor nicks to lower edge, some light toning and minor surface dirt, unframed, John Fairburn, 1822 § Royal Aquarium, Westminster. The Manatee, or, West Indian Mermaid, few short tears repaired, one affecting text but no loss, minor soiling to foot, 190 x 130mm., G. Phipps, [1878] § Extraordinary Phenomenon!! A Sea Lioness to be seen at the Cosmorama Rooms...Captured on the Crozet Island, South Pole..., press notices to lower half, few small stab-holes to inner-edge, faint vertical and central folds, 222 x 141mm., Geo. Nichols, n.d. § "Albert Palace."...The Mythological Living Mermaid, Half a beautiful lady & half fish. Submerged in a Glass Tank with Live Fish from the Brighton Aquarium, ink date March 1886 to head, chips and few short tears to edges, loss to foot, 152 x 124mm., n.d., printed handbills; and 3 other mermaid related items, v.s., [circa 1775-1890] (7)
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