The Ricky Jay Collection
The Ricky Jay Collection
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Two Broadsides on Pig-Faced Ladies
The Pig-Faced Lady, of Manchester Square. Drawn by an attendant. [Dublin?]: McCleary, [circa 1815] — A True Description of the Young Lady Born with a Pig's Face, Now Living in London. [London]: G. Smeeton, [ca. 1815]
Together two broadsides, various sizes (largest 410 x 307 mm). Both with handcolored engravings of the pig-faced lady; assorted closed tears and repairs, some soiling, one corner supplied, one broadside laid down.
Two iterations of the famed swinish lady of European lore
REFERENCE:
Exemplars, p. 116 (part)