SHOW XIX._The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

This was the first show on the south-side of Smithfield. It stood,

therefore, with its side towards Cloth-fair, and the back towards the

corner of Duke-street. The admission was “Only a penny!” and the

paintings flared on the show-cloths with this inscription, “_They’re all

Alive Inside! Be assured They’re All Alive!--The Yorkshire

Giantess.--Waterloo Giant.--Indian Chief.--Only a Penny!_”

An overgrown girl was the _Yorkshire Giantess_. A large man with a tail,

and his hair frizzed and powdered, aided by a sort of uniform coat and a

plaid rocquelaire, made the _Waterloo Giant_. The abdication of such an

_Indian Chief_ as this, in favour of Bartholomew Fair, was probably

forced upon him by his tribe.

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