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Advert for Jaco the Performing Fish, 1885 (print)

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BL5900063
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Advert for Jaco the Performing Fish, 1885 (print)
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English School, (19th century) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
print
Date
1885 AD (C19th AD)
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Evan.4375. This leaflet is advertising a performance of 'Jacko the performing fish'. Performing animals were popular exhibits at natural history shows and circuses during the Victorian period. They were trained to carry out feats such as balancing on balls, retrieving objects and seemingly to count at their owner’s command. As you can imagine many of these astonishing animals were actually forged and were created by the proprietor of the attraction to catch the attention of the public.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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Germany / Europe / whale / animal / marine mammal / United Kingdom / advertising / advertising / poster / print / Victorian / 19th century / english / British / evanion collection / Jacko / performance / show / talking fish
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