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Hypertrichosis

Images

  • Julianne Sleebus, a woman with a large beard. Process print, 190-.
  • Madamoiselle Lefort, a bearded woman. Stipple engraving, 1819.
  • Julia Pastrana, a bearded woman, embalmed. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Johann Staininger, a man with a very long beard. Line engraving, 1814.
  • Madame Delait.
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    Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.

    Reid, W. E. | Date: [1834] | Reference: 31814i
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    Anna Macallame, a bearded woman. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 881i
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    Julia Pastrana, "the nondescript", advertised for exhibition. Colour woodcut.

    Regent Gallery (Regent Street, London, England) | Reference: 38980i
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    A boy with incredibly long hair growing from his head and hands as a result of playing with a hair restorer. Coloured lithograph by P. Gavarni.

    Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866. | Reference: 2925i
    Part of: Revers des medailles
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    A man with very long hair. Engraving.

    | Reference: 2920i
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