Picture No | 10005369 |
Date | circa 1850 |
Description | Julia Pastrana from Mexico, hairy woman |
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Julia Pastrana (1834 - 1860), from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died). Her body was mummified for display purposes (this image shows her embalmed), but now resides in a sealed coffin at the University of Oslo, Norway. Her embalmed body was exhibited at, amongst other places, the Burlington Gallery, Piccadilly, London in 1862 (the Illustrated London News of 28th June 1862 advertises the curiosity).
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Source | Original photograph |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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