The living mythological mermaid
ROYAL AQUARIUM.
MR HARRY PHILLIPS'
LIVING MYTHOLOGICAL
MERMAID
First Exhibited at the
BRIGHTON AQUARIUM, February 10th 1886.
HALF BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
HALF FISH
Submerged in a Glass Tank
with Live Fish.
A FEW PRESS NOTICES.
The wonderful Mermaid,
which is sure to be the talk of London - Bells Life
.
We may especially
recommend to the notice of those who patronise the
Palace the real live Mermaid, exhibited by Mr. Harry
Phillips. There is no mistake this time, and we
absolutely decline to credit the exhibitor, who is
himself a Tyrolean and character vocalist and
ventriloquist, when he tells us that it is all an
illusion. We prefer to believe the other way. There, in
a glass tank, with sticklebacks and a gudgeon for her
companions, sits the lovely creature, very beautiful as
to her head, with its lovely flowing hair, and very
fishy as to her tail. She looks quite bewitching, and
she smiles so graciously, that the spectator at once
conjures up reminiscences of the sirens, and lingers
long and admiringly upon the scene. All should see the
real live Mermaid. - Era, April 24, 1886
The Aquarium has recently
obtained a new attraction in the person of a good
looking living Mermaid. The entirely novel illusion
displays a lady in the recumbent attitude and apparently
at ease in all the surroundings of an ordinary Aquarium.
Fish are seen swimming, and all sides of the tank are
open to the inspection of visitors. The illusion, which
is cleverly contrived, is the invention of Mr. Harry
Phillips, and is well worth gong to see. - Brighton
Gazette, February 17th, 1886
Among the other
attractions in the Exhibition, is that of a living
Mermaid. It is located in the Conservatory. It is a
combination of the real and the illusory on quite a
novel plan, and will be found to well repay a visit. -
The Brighton Guardian, February 17th, 1886.
A new illusion on an
entirely original and novel principle, is styled a
'Living Mermaid', with sportive fish swimming about. As
the tank stand on bare supports, and no part of it is
surrounded by drapery, the illusion is very complete. -
The Brighton Herald, February 20th, 1886.
Among the attractions of
the Aquarium must be included Mr. Harry Phillips' clever
optical illusion, the Living Mermaid, which deserves a
high place in the list of such exhibitions. The supports
of the tank are raised at an height of about 5 feet from
the floor and open to the wall. The principle of the
illusion is, we understand, an entirely new one, and the
Living Mermaid, who made her first appearance at the
Aquarium last week, has never previously been exhibited,
so that the novelty should account for this curiosity
being inspected by large numbers of visitors. -
Sussex Evening News, Feb. 18th
ON VIEW ALL DAY
ADMISSION 6d NO WAITING
