The giants wedding.

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[1871]
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The giants wedding. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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4 newspaper cuttings from The Standard, 23 May and 19 June 1871 pasted onto a sheet of paper including descriptions and an illustration showing the wedding of giants, Anna Hannen Swann and Captain Martin van Buren Bates (the Kentucky Giant) at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, attended by conjoined twins Milllie-Christine, "the Two-Headed Nightingale".

Publication/Creation

[1871]

Physical description

1 sheet : black and white, portraits ; 33 x 26 cm

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