The Highland Youth is upstairs, first floor, and performs every half-hour from 12 till 6. ... : the truly entitled Double-Sighted Scotch Youth, Louis Gordon M'Kean, only 8 years old! One of the greatest prodigies of the age!.

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[1832?]
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The Highland Youth is upstairs, first floor, and performs every half-hour from 12 till 6. ... : the truly entitled Double-Sighted Scotch Youth, Louis Gordon M'Kean, only 8 years old! One of the greatest prodigies of the age!. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Hand bill advertising appearances by Louis Gordon McKean from Inverness at the Egyptian Hall Bazaar, London. 'Double sight' appears to have been a kind of mind reading act - he was able to 'see' things when fully blindfolded.

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[1832?]

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1 sheet : black and white ; 23 x 14 cm

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