Ne plus ultra. Now exhibiting : The Spanish Goliah! The celebrated Senor Joachim Eleizegui, from the basque provinces of Spain, twenty-three years of age - stands 7 feet 10 inches, weighs 450 pounds ... appearing at the Cosmorama Rooms, 290 Regent Street ...

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[1844 and 1850?]
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Ne plus ultra. Now exhibiting : The Spanish Goliah! The celebrated Senor Joachim Eleizegui, from the basque provinces of Spain, twenty-three years of age - stands 7 feet 10 inches, weighs 450 pounds ... appearing at the Cosmorama Rooms, 290 Regent Street ... Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Small poster (1850?) advertising appearances by the Spanish Goliath (mis-spelled here) at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street, London mounted on a sheet of paper with a newspaper cutting (Shrewsbury Journal 20 July 1844) about Edwardweeks of Tresilian, near Truro who weighed 189 pounds at the age of 12.

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[1844 and 1850?]

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1 sheet ; 39 x 26 cm

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