Extraordinary Peruvian relic : just arrived and now exhibiting at the late Mr. Youngs office High St. Rochester : the entire body of a Peruvian woman, perfect as when in life ; supposed to have been buried alive at the remote period of 500 years ago.

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[between 1830 and 1840?]
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Extraordinary Peruvian relic : just arrived and now exhibiting at the late Mr. Youngs office High St. Rochester : the entire body of a Peruvian woman, perfect as when in life ; supposed to have been buried alive at the remote period of 500 years ago. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Leaflet advertising the exhibition of what appears to be a perfectly preserved corpse, brought back from Peru by Captain Woods in 1830.

Publication/Creation

[between 1830 and 1840?]

Physical description

1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm

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