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Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman, aged 58. Engraving, 1813.

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / printed by T. Wayte, High-Street, Burton, 1812.

A full exposure and confession of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.

Some account of Mary Thomas of Tanyralt in Merionethshire, who has existed many years without taking food: and of Ann Moore, commonly called the fasting woman of Tutbury. Accompanied with portraits and illustrative etchings / By James Ward.

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A true and particular account of that extraordinary woman, Ann Moor of Tutbury, Staffordshire ; who has lived entirely without food for three years ; giving the particulars of her life ... attested by Mr. Taylor, surgeon, of Lane-End, and Mr. H. Jackson, of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A faithful relation of the wonderful and extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moore, of Tutbury, Staffordshire : who for nearly three years has, and still continues, to live without any kind of food, to which are added, moral reflections and observations / published by her request.

[An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury ... who has, since June 1807, lived entirely without food; giving ... an account of the investigation ... and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it [R. Taylor and J. Allen, with text of their letters] Also other similar cases ... / By a gentleman living near Tutbury [i.e. John Lane?].

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Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A true and particular account of that extraordinary woman, Ann Moor of Tutbury, Staffordshire ; who has lived entirely without food for three years ; giving the particulars of her life ... attested by Mr. Taylor, surgeon, of Lane-End, and Mr. H. Jackson, of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A faithful relation of the wonderful and extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moore, of Tutbury, Staffordshire : who for nearly three years has, and still continues, to live without any kind of food, to which are added, moral reflections and observations / published by her request.

Ann Moore

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Images featuring Ann Moore

Works from the collections

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A true and particular account of that extraordinary woman, Ann Moor of Tutbury, Staffordshire ; who has lived entirely without food for three years ; giving the particulars of her life ... attested by Mr. Taylor, surgeon, of Lane-End, and Mr. H. Jackson, of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

A faithful relation of the wonderful and extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moore, of Tutbury, Staffordshire : who for nearly three years has, and still continues, to live without any kind of food, to which are added, moral reflections and observations / published by her request.

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