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Title: Lines by a Gentleman of Selby, on the child's leaving that place
Contributor: Carrall, M. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1814]
Publication Place: York and England York
Publisher: Carrall, printer and engraver, Walmgate, York
Description: Caption title.
Verses printed in one column, with date "August, 1814" at foot.
First line: Hail! lovely babe, that does the muse engage.
Woodcut at head of sheet depicts the large child standing, wearing shoes and a one-piece outfit, and holding a whip in his right hand.
"William Wilkinson Whitehead was born September 26, 1808, stands four feet one inch high, and weighs upwards of ten stone. Printed for the benefit of the child."--Below verses.
Mounted on a sheet:33 x 21 cm.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; October 2025.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 32 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: File 66 814 L754

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Woodcuts
Broadside poems
Material: 1 illustration ;
Resource Type: still image
text
Subject (Topic): Children
Human curiosities
Subjects: Children
Human curiosities

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 991011236347508651
Object ID (OID): 33459212

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