[Victorian handbill (May 24th 1852) advertising 21 year old Madame Fortunne of Geneva and her 4 inch long, bushy, black beard, on exhibition at Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square, London. ].

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[Victorian handbill (May 24th 1852) advertising 21 year old Madame Fortunne of Geneva and her 4 inch long, bushy, black beard, on exhibition at Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square, London. ].