Sujet

The Deformito-Mania, 1847. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Deformito-Mania, 1847. 'This is the Ne Plus Ultra of Hideousness, acknowledged such by the Press! Hirsute Boy. Hall of Ugliness - the Greatest Deformity in the World Within - no connection with Deformity next door. By Far the Ugliest Biped is Here - One Shilling [admission]. Hall of Wonder'. Illustration from an article in the "Punch" periodical, criticising the rise in shows and exhibitions in venues such as the Egyptian Hall in London, which focused on humans with physical differences.

Date

1847

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_019

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46,3Mo (2,6Mo) / 46,7cm x 24,9cm / 5511 x 2938 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel signs building group crowd crowds sign entertainment hall magazine British room advertisement advertising century advert Britain disability disabled concept punch poster exhibition exploitation exhibit exhibits controversy B&W visitors visitor tourist attraction disabilities ad controversial publication deformity Deformed scrapbook 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century tourism Egyptian Hall satire scrap book Unknown London Charivari abnormal 19th-century The London Archives entertainments scrapbook ethnological exposition human zoo abnormality congenital