Senorita Lucía Zárate
Photograph
Senorita Lucía Zárate
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image (arched): 5 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.1 × 8.7 cm)
Paper: 5 13/16 × 3 7/8 in. (14.8 × 9.9 cm)
Mount: 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1951
1981.4259.0001
Inscriptions Printed on verso, TC: Greatest Wonder of the Age! \ Senorita Lucia Zarate, \ The Mexican Liliputian! \ THIS YOUNG LADY IS \ 15 Years of Age! 20 Inches High! \ And Weighs only 5 Pounds! \ Is PERFECT in FORM & FEATURE! \ Tom Thumb is a Giant! compared with her. \ This Wonderful Mexican Pigmy; it would be difficult to exaggerate \ the wonder of this human curiosity. The plain truth makes it strange \ enough. You must see, hear, and feel, and even then you will leave \ wondering. \ JW \ Wood. \ J. WOOD, 208 Bowery.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: Lot 2
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: Lot 2
