Lalloo, The Greatest Living Wonder on Earth, 1887. Illustration from an advertisement for the Nottingham Goose Fair in October 1887. The text of the poster states that Lalloo "is possessed of two bodies, one head, four perfect arms, four perfect hands, four perfect legs, four perfect feet. But Lalloo has only got one perfect head." Lalloo, from Lucknow in India, was likely born with polymelia, where an individual has more than the usual number of limbs.
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Lalloo, The Greatest Living Wonder on Earth, 1887. Illustration from an advertisement for the Nottingham Goose Fair in October 1887. The text of the poster states that Lalloo "is possessed of two bodies, one head, four perfect arms, four perfect hands, four perfect legs, four perfect feet. But Lalloo has only got one perfect head." Lalloo, from Lucknow in India, was likely born with polymelia, where an individual has more than the usual number of limbs.

Date

1887

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A13_333

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41,8Mo (3,3Mo) / 24,0cm x 43,7cm / 2831 x 5159 (300dpi)

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