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Vertical 19th-century broadside advertising Naylor's Dog Show, a giant rat, and sideshow performers, with bold black and red lettering and woodcut illustrations.

Naylor's Dog Show, giant rat and freak show broadside

A tall vertical printed broadside in bold black and red type advertising Naylor's Dog Show, with a woodcut of bulldogs and a giant rat, plus lettered panels for a living skeleton man and a fat child. Decorative borders and a red banner frame the layout.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1879?]
Medium
Ephemera Posters Broadsides
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
1405 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1889.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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