"A tall man in uniform holding out one arm horizontally, that passes above the head of a standing soldier; on the table beisde him a huge hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Giantism -- The French Giant.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Giants (Persons), Human curiosities, Military uniforms, and Hats
Title from caption below image., Originally published by George Humphrey in 1821. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 14297., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Variant state lacking imprint statement. Cf. no. 14297 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Portrait of an elderly man in profile facing to the right and gazing sternly through his spectacles. In his hand he holds a sheaf of papers; another stack of papers fill the pocket of his coat. He stands on boards, perhaps a platform. He is identified in the British Museum catalogue as the merchant Robert Pulsford who died ca. 1835; he and his brother were merchants at 7 Great St. Helens
