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Barbara Vanbeck, a very hairy woman. Mezzotint.
Wellcome Collection

Barbara Vanbeck, a very hairy woman. Mezzotint.

Unknown artist

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The effigies of Barbara the wife of John Michael, taken in the 27th year of her age. She was ye daughter of Balthazar & Anne Ursler. Born at Ausburg in upper Germany in ye year 1629. ...

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