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actual image size: 22cm x 29cm
Full image caption
The Industrious Fleas. A handbill announcement of an exhibition to be held at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street in June 1836. The performers to be entirely composed of fleas. London offered an unparalleled variety of weird and wonderful spectacles. Performing creatures of all kinds were popular, including diving horses and singing mice. In 1833 a troupe of trained fleas enacted the siege of Antwerp with cannon the size of pins.
Image Details
Date
1836 AD - 1836 AD
Image Number
001978
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