Floram Marchand, the Water Spouter. 17th century

Floram Marchand, the Water Spouter. French entertainer who drank water and vomited wine (red, burgundy, white). He was brought to London in 1650 to perform. After a 17th century pamphlet. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

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