Mrs. Newsham the white negress [realia] : to be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[s.n.]
[1795] - Physical Description:
- 1 token : copper ; 3 cm diameter.
- Notes:
- Title from text on obverse side of item.
Text from reverse side: To be had at the curiosity house, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795. - Abstract:
- A copper token or pass with a full length image of Mrs. Newsham on the obverse and the address and date on the reverse. Mrs. Newsham was an African albino who apparently appeared in Thomas Hall's shows. Hall was a taxidermist and proprieter of the Finsbury Square Curiosity House and was active 1779-95.
- Variant Titles:
- To be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795
- Topics:
- Human curiosities.
- Topics:
- Curiosity House (London, England)
Hall, Thomas,--fl. 1779-1795.
Newsham,--Mrs.,--depicted. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Portraits.
Tokens. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Currency, Coins & Medals
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 150 Shelved in Object Room in Box 4
- Orbis Record:
- 10185668
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr25315
- oid pointer:
- 16875589
- OID:
- 16875588
- PID:
- digcoll:4848342
Number of Pages: 2
