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Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The Missouri Leviathan, with the largest and most interesting collection of North American antediluvian animal remains in the world, is now exhibiting in the upper saloon of the above hall, from 10 o'clock a.m. until 10 p.m. Disinterred 1840, after five months' labour ... 30 feet in length, nearly 15 feet high, tusks from point to point, 21-feet. George Odell, printer, 18, Princes Street, Cavendish Square [ca 1842].
- Date
- 1841 - 1842
- By
- Odell, George, active 1840s
- Reference
- Eph-B-WEBSTER-Entertainment-1842-01
- Description
Handbill announcing a display of prehistoric animal remains, especially a "leviathan" (skeleton illustrated), larger than a mammoth or an iguanodon. Other remains on show included a mylodon, tetracaulodon, mastodon, and gigantic mammals. Also advertised is a series of daily geological lectures by Dr W Crook. The handbill is authorised by proprietor Albert Koch.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress and relief print, 250 x 187 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original. File print in Ephemera Room
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920] / [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, relating to miscellaneous entertainments in England. 1800s].
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Relief prints, Fliers (Printed matter), Letterpress and relief print, 250 x 187 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Odell, George, active 1840s. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The Missouri Leviathan, with the largest and most interesting collection of North American antediluvian animal remains in the world, is now exhibiting in the upper saloon of the above hall, from 10 o'clock a.m. until 10 p.m. Disinterred 1840, after five months' labour ... 30 feet in length, nearly 15 feet high, tusks from point to point, 21-feet. George Odell, printer, 18, Princes Street, Cavendish Square [ca 1842].. [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]. Ref: Eph-B-WEBSTER-Entertainment-1842-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22866074More information can be found in our terms of use.