Royal Aquarium : the original Chang, Brustad, the Norwegian giant, the Chinese Tom Thumb,  Wieland's living curiosities : admission one shilling.

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<p>Poster, printed in black on yellow paper advertising the appearance of Chang, a chinese giant (over 8 feet tall illustrated here with a woodcut portrait, standing next to a guardsman), Henrik Brustad, another giant, Chinese Tom Thumb, a midget, and others in some sort of variety show at the Royal Aquarium (a large exhibition hall and theatre built in 1876 and demolished in 1902 on the site of the current Central Hall opposite Westminster Abbey, London). The poster was printed by Aubert's Steam Printing Works in Maiden Lane, Strand, London.</p>

Royal Aquarium : the original Chang, Brustad, the Norwegian giant, the Chinese Tom Thumb, Wieland's living curiosities : admission one shilling.

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