Lot 3550 English School (early 19th century) English School (early 19th century), broadside, The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square, Drawn and Published By Her Late Attendant, While At Dinner, Sold at 98, Cheapside; 50, Piccadilly; and at all Book [and Printesellers], [London c.1815], hand-coloured etching with satirical verse, 32.5cm x 27cm, framed, Chapman Bros. Ltd. of Kings Road, Chelsea, label to verso The legendary stories of pig-faced women originated almost simultaneously in Holland, England and France in the late 1630s. Word was spoken of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, however her face was that of a pig. In the story's earliest forms, the woman's appearance was the result of witchcraft. There was a resurgence in late 1814/early 1815, when it was claimed that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone of all places. Her existence was widely reported as fact - an 'alternative fact' of the day, and numerous alleged portraits of her published such as this lot. N.B. For another example of this broadside see, print00557.dc, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
Lot 3550 English School (early 19th century) English School (early 19th century), broadside, The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square, Drawn and Published By Her Late Attendant, While At Dinner, Sold at 98, Cheapside; 50, Piccadilly; and at all Book [and Printesellers], [London c.1815], hand-coloured etching with satirical verse, 32.5cm x 27cm, framed, Chapman Bros. Ltd. of Kings Road, Chelsea, label to verso The legendary stories of pig-faced women originated almost simultaneously in Holland, England and France in the late 1630s. Word was spoken of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, however her face was that of a pig. In the story's earliest forms, the woman's appearance was the result of witchcraft. There was a resurgence in late 1814/early 1815, when it was claimed that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone of all places. Her existence was widely reported as fact - an 'alternative fact' of the day, and numerous alleged portraits of her published such as this lot. N.B. For another example of this broadside see, print00557.dc, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
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