September 7, 2010

Pig Faced Lady

Fold-out triptych portraying the true story of the Pig-faced Lady. This porcine mistress was an infamous Victorian sideshow act. Billed as the amazing Pig-faced Lady, with the head of a sow but the body of a woman, the lady in question was actually a shaved bear! Carnies would find a bear, ply it with copious amounts of alcohol, and then, once it was sufficiently tanked, would shave its head and clothe it in ladies' dress. Bizarre!

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