Thomas Jones, a boy with icthyosis, a skin disease that resembles fish scales. Coloured lithograph by J. Perry, 1841.

Wonderful production of nature : the greatest human curiosity! Now in existence, Master Thomas Jones, the Cambrian Porcupine Youth!! ... is now exhibiting, for a short time, at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

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Wonderful production of nature : the greatest human curiosity! Now in existence, Master Thomas Jones, the Cambrian Porcupine Youth!! ... is now exhibiting, for a short time, at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

Thomas Jones, a boy with icthyosis, a skin disease that resembles fish scales. Coloured lithograph by J. Perry, 1841.