3-056-206 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

Giant Amazon Queen performing at the Alhambra, 1885. Advertisement for Marian Holland, who performed as the Giant Amazon Queen, starring in the operetta, 'Babil and Bijou' at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square. She was born on January 31 1866 in Benkendorf, Germany, with giantism, and was 8 feet 2 inches tall. Holland is depicted in full costume standing next to an average-sized man.