Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]

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Title: Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1803]
Publication Place: Edinburgh?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of an exceedingly tall man wearing a striped waistcoat and tailcoat, resting his right elbow on an open door while a tailor stands on a chair on the right, measuring his other arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Giantism -- O'Brien, Patrick.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.5 x 18.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1803
Aquatints Scotland Edinburgh 1803
Material: etching and aquatint ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806
Subject (Topic): Giants (Persons)
Human curiosities
Tailoring
Subjects: Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Giants (Persons)
Human curiosities
Tailoring
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1803

Access: Public
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