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Albinism in animals

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Images about Albinism in animals

4 images from works
  • To be seen at the Black Peruke, facing the mews, Charing-Cross ... : White negress : account of white negroes.
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.
  • Wonderful phenomen of nature : just arrived, and to be seen every day at the Lyceum, Strand, the three wonders of the age!!! : Miss Crawley, the beautiful albiness, and her two brothers.
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.

Works from the collections

3 works

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    To be seen at the Black Peruke, facing the mews, Charing-Cross ... : White negress : account of white negroes.

    | Date: [1759]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.

    Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891. | Date: 1860
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Wonderful phenomen of nature : just arrived, and to be seen every day at the Lyceum, Strand, the three wonders of the age!!! : Miss Crawley, the beautiful albiness, and her two brothers.

    | Date: [1790]

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