The Nobility and Gentry are hereby informed, that there is just arrived, and is to be seen, in a very commodious Room, one Pair of Stairs, at No. 12, on Essex-quay, near Essex-bridge, the AMAZING MERMAID, a Creature very rare, remarkably curious, and of astonishing Structure and Sight; it is the only one of its Kind ever seen in Ireland, or in Europe, since the Archduke of Austria's, which is upwards of 226 Years.
This wonderful Nymph of the Sea, half a Woman from the Head to the lower Part of the Waist, and half a Fish from thence downwards, is three Feet long, and has Fins, Gills, Ears, Arms, Hands, Fingers, Breasts, and Shoulders, and also a contiguous Scale covering the Fish Part.
It is allowed by all that have seen it to be the most beautiful and curious Creature of its Kind in the World. It may be seen by any Person, even by the Women big with Child, without the least Degree of Danger, for he that shews it is prudent and cautious.
-- To be exhibited from Ten in the Morning to Nine at Night. -- Price of Exhibition, One British Shilling.
Any Person desirous to have it exhibited privately at his own House, may have it brought there, on giving timely Notice to the Proprietor.
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| From Robert Chamber's 'Book of Days' |
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