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Highland dwarfs.

[Undated handbill (London, 1837?) advertising an appearance by Matthias Gullia, the man in miniature, 2 feet 10 inches, at Cosmorama, 209 Regent Street, London].

The Fairy Queen : now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209, Regent Street : the wonder of the age, and smallest child in the world! Seventeen months old, sixteen inches high and weighs only four pounds.

The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

[Undated handbill (1850?) advertising "a display of African tribesmen in traditonal costumes at Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].

[Newspaper cutting (1848?) noting the exhibition of Joachim Eleizegui, The Spanish Giant, at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London. There are others about the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street, Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator (hair restorer) and J. D. Carr and Co.'s nutritious and health giving biscuits].

Notice : living phenomenon ... Miss Mariette Rovari, this young lady, 22 years of age, weighs 622 lb. ...

Extraordinary exhibition : Cosmorama Rooms, 290, Regent Street : The greatest lady in the world! A rival to the celebrated Daniel Lambert. This phenomen is now exhibiting each day, from 11 1-2 till 5-and 7 till 9 o'clock : Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11 lbs. or, 445 pounds ... / Cosmorama Rooms.

Ne plus ultra!! : now exhibiting : the Spanish Goliah, the celebrated Senor Joachim Eleizegui, from the Basque provinces of Spain ; twenty-three years of age - stands 7 feet 10 in. weighs 450 pounds!.

Daily from 10 to 7, will be exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms 209, Regent Street the smallest horse in the world ...

Wonderful phenomenon! : Mattias Gullia, surnamed the man in miniature, aged 22 years and 6 months, two feet ten inches high ...

Extraordinary exhibition! : Cosmorama Rooms, 209, Regent Street : the greatest lady in the world! A rival to the celebrated Daniel Lambert ... Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11lbs, or 445 pounds.

[Undated handbill (1848?) noting the exhibition of Joachim Eleizegui, The Spanish Giant, at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].

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Cosmorama Rooms (London, England)

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[Undated handbill (1848?) noting the exhibition of Joachim Eleizegui, The Spanish Giant, at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].

Ne plus ultra!! : now exhibiting : the Spanish Goliah, the celebrated Senor Joachim Eleizegui, from the Basque provinces of Spain ; twenty-three years of age - stands 7 feet 10 in. weighs 450 pounds!.

Daily from 10 to 7, will be exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms 209, Regent Street the smallest horse in the world ...

The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

[Undated handbill (London, 1837?) advertising an appearance by Matthias Gullia, the man in miniature, 2 feet 10 inches, at Cosmorama, 209 Regent Street, London].

Cosmorama Rooms (London, England)

Images from the collections

Images about Cosmorama Rooms (London, England)

Works from the collections

[Undated handbill (1848?) noting the exhibition of Joachim Eleizegui, The Spanish Giant, at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].

Ne plus ultra!! : now exhibiting : the Spanish Goliah, the celebrated Senor Joachim Eleizegui, from the Basque provinces of Spain ; twenty-three years of age - stands 7 feet 10 in. weighs 450 pounds!.

Daily from 10 to 7, will be exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms 209, Regent Street the smallest horse in the world ...

The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

[Undated handbill (London, 1837?) advertising an appearance by Matthias Gullia, the man in miniature, 2 feet 10 inches, at Cosmorama, 209 Regent Street, London].

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