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1.
A Lilliputian opera dancer [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 21 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lavishly costumed female dwarf performs a dance while holding up a section of her dress
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image in the artist's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Operas & operetta, Dancers, Dwarfs, and Human curiosities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Lilliputian opera dancer [art original].

2.
All alive at Lilliput!! [art original]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 54 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ten figures arranged in two rows depicting dwarfs or 'Lilliputians' dressed and acting in a variety of roles indicated by a respective caption: A Lilliputian actress; a Lilliputian candidate; a Lilliputian voter; a Lilliputian woman of fashion; a Lill...
Description:
Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > All alive at Lilliput!! [art original]

3.
Mynheer Wybrand Lolkes, the celebrated man in miniature, from West Friesland and Madame Lolkes, his

Creator:
Wilkes, Benjamin, -1749, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18th century]
Call Number:
Print00079
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd.by G. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Lolkes, Wybrand, 1733-.
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism, Dwarfs (Persons)., Dwarfs, Human curiosities, and Spouses
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mynheer Wybrand Lolkes, the celebrated man in miniature, from West Friesland and Madame Lolkes, his wife ... [graphic]

4.
Gibson the dwarf [art original]

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3664.6
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of Richard Gibson, called Dwarf Gibson, in doublet, holding a bow in his left hand and arrows on his right
Description:
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Subject (Name):
Gibson, Richard, 1605/1615?-1690,
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfs, Artists, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gibson the dwarf [art original]

5.
[Frontispiece to Fielding's Tragedy of tragedies] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1730, i.e., 1731]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The frontispiece to an enlarged version of Henry Fielding's The tragedy of tragedies ... London : Printed and sold by J. Roberts, 1731. Hogarth chose Act II, scene viii, a burlesque of the meeting of Octavia nd Cleopatra in Drydens' All for love. Th...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship and Dwarfs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Fielding's Tragedy of tragedies] [graphic]

6.
"I'll swear 'tis a pretty boy. O my troth, I look'd upon him o' Wednesday half an hour together, he

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
Print00837
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Tilt and Bogue and G.E. Madeley, lith., 3 Wellington St., Strand
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism and Dwarfs
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "I'll swear 'tis a pretty boy. O my troth, I look'd upon him o' Wednesday half an hour together, he has such a confirmed countenance " Coriolanus, Act 1, Sc. 2. [graphic]

7.
Any thing will do for an officer [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1796]
Call Number:
796.01.01.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint and below text.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Any thing will do for an officer [graphic]

8.
Any thing will do for an officer [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1796]
Call Number:
796.01.01.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Any thing will do for an officer [graphic].

9.
The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[March 1786]
Call Number:
786.03.00.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

10.
The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[March 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

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