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Picture No 11994540
Date circa 1830s
Description Authropoglossos St. James's Hall, Piccadilly
Details

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.
Source Engraving in 'Illustrated Times', page 73
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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