Authropoglossos St. James's Hall, Piccadilly

Authropoglossos or mechanical large vocalist dummy head, made of wax and ornamented with that profusion of hair and beard, in the month he wears a large tin funnel, suspended from the ceiling by two long brass chains; from the throat a piece of red drapery descends about two feet in length, a man goes behind the figure, lifts up the drapery and discloses a view of bellows like a concertina, key is inserted into its neck and is wound up, during which it makes a melancholy moan

Automata Automatic Automation Bellows Concertina Dummy Mechanical Mechanician Piccadilly Vocalist Wound

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