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THBIllustrated Broadsides Promoting Monster Sea Tiger and "The Largest Grizzly Bear"
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About Auction
LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 2 printed broadsides, the first, 9.25 x 24 in. Go and See the Mermaid, or Sea Tiger! The Greatest Natural-Curiosity in the World! To be Seen Alive! Philadelphia: Scott's Steam-Press Job Printing Establishment, n.d., ca 1853. Broadside features bold caption reading, "The Monster Sea Tiger!" surrounding an illustration of a spotted "sea tiger" fenced into a circular platform as a man with a top hat studies the creature. Below the caption, smaller text reads, "This curious animal was taken on the coast of Greenland, by the Expedition sent out by the British Government in search of Sir John Franklin. It has been captured over two years, and although fierce by nature, has been broken of its savage propensities, and trained to a degree almost incredible. It is...acknowledged by all to be the Greatest Natural Curiosity ever offered for public Inspection."
Printed broadside, 7.75 x 22.5 in., promoting the exhibition of "California Curiosities" on display at No. 203 Chestnut Street, including "The Largest Grizzly Bear Ever Captured or Seen; Reaching the Astonishing Weight of 1600 lbs." Philadelphia: Scott, Printer, n.d., ca 1850s-1860s. Broadside features detailed illustration of a field in which a grizzly bear towers over two trappers as they attempt to fight him off. Below the illustration, text informs readers that the bear was taken by Kentucky Trapper, Captain T. Sublit, and "was caught on the Stanislaus River, near Sonora, California..." Text goes on to explain that the bear was not injured, and seems happy despite being in "durance vile." Other curiosities listed include "The California Cats," "The California Badger," and a "Cow with Five Legs and Six Natural Feet."
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