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Stories of pig-faced women originated roughly simultaneously in Holland, England and France in the late 1630s. The stories told of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, but who had the face of a pig. he magical elements gradually vanished from the story, and the existence of pig-faced women began to be treated as fact. In late 1814 and early 1815, rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone. Her existence was widely reported as fact, and numerous alleged portraits of her were published. With belief in pig-faced women commonplace, unscrupulous showmen exhibited living “pig-faced women” at fairs. These were not genuine women, but shaven bears dressed in women’s clothing. Belief in pig-faced women declined, and the last significant work to treat their existence as genuine was published in 1924.

Stories of pig-faced women originated roughly simultaneously in Holland, England and France in the late 1630s. The stories told of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, but who had the face of a pig.

he magical elements gradually vanished from the story, and the existence of pig-faced women began to be treated as fact. In late 1814 and early 1815, rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone. Her existence was widely reported as fact, and numerous alleged portraits of her were published. With belief in pig-faced women commonplace, unscrupulous showmen exhibited living “pig-faced women” at fairs. These were not genuine women, but shaven bears dressed in women’s clothing.

Belief in pig-faced women declined, and the last significant work to treat their existence as genuine was published in 1924.

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