"Seurat, see British Museum Satires No. 14882, &c, stands full-face before a curtained archway, displaying himself to ladies (left and right) who crowd to see him. Both arms are raised from the extended elbows, and in his left hand is a wig of short hair that he has just taken off. He says: I am de Anatomie Vivante dat is come to Londres to please all de pretty Lady, and give dem all de much satisfaction. The notorieties are on the left, Mrs. Coutts, the only seated visitor, is the most prominent; she stares up at him through an opera-glass: Poor creature, he seems very little calculated in my opinion to please the ladies, tho' really he is as stout as the Old Banker was. She holds a pamphlet: Claude Seurat or The Living Skeleton. From her arm hangs a reticule ornamented with a flaming heart. Behind her chair (left) is Maria Foote, her arm round Mercandotti's waist. She says: What a very extraordinary Foot; the other answers: And a head as round as a Ball [see British Museum Satires No. 14549]. There are two others (? actresses) on this side. One stoops to finger Seurat's little petticoat, saying, I wonder what this is a yard? The other: I wonder how long he can stand in that position. On the other side, the two most prominent visitors wear wide-brimmed straw hats (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15183); with them is a little girl who wears drawers to the ankle. A hideous woman exclaims What a fright. Another says: I declare he is a greater curiosity than Senior Velluti; a third: My goodness Death upon wires. There are other comments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker Robert Cruikshank's "R.C." initials are etched on the dog's collar in image., Text below image: A number of ladies have gone daily to view the French Living Skeleton in Pall-Mall since the commencement of the exhibition of this extraordinary being. Morning Chronicle, Augt. 13th., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anomalies -- Thinness.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1825 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Seurat, Claude-Ambroise, 1798-1841,
Subject (Topic):
Freak Show, Thin people, Leanness, Human curiosities, Physical conditions, Spectators, Women, and Dogs
Three full-length images of Claude-Ambroise skeletal body shown wearing only a cloth around his waist
Description:
Title from caption below image., With a pamphlet containing 18 unnumbered pages, with a half-title and no imprint with a biographical sketch and a description of his person: A description of the person, habits, customs, &c. of the living skeleton., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1825 by J. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Seurat, Claude-Ambroise, 1798-1841. and Seurat, Claude-Ambroise, 1798-1841,
Subject (Topic):
Freak Show, Thin people, Human curiosities, and Physical conditions
Title etched below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., At lower right: Sold at 98, Cheapside; 50, Piccadilly; and at all Book and Printsellers., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pig-faced lady; Pregnancy, Prenatal influences.
Publisher:
Drawn and published by her late attendant, while at dinner
Subject (Topic):
Urban folklore, Anomalies, Prenatal influences, Human curiosities, Swine, Troughs, and Servants
Title etched below image., Date derived from text below title., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Sheet trimmed, upper portion cut out in outline., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pig-faced lady; Pregnancy, Prenatal influences.
Publisher:
Pub by McCleary [32] Nassau St.
Subject (Topic):
Urban folklore, Anomalies, Prenatal influences, Human curiosities, and Swine
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[7 April 1806]
Call Number:
Print10008
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The vast Daniel Lambert (left), not caricatured, sits full face in a bergere which he completely fills. His hat is on a table beside him. He looks slightly to the right., not directly at Fox who stands in profile, regarding him with an interested smile, and holding his hat behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox's head and features are larger than those of Lambert, his girth less, but his paunch at least equally projecting. Below the title: 'Danl Lambert, who at the Age of 36 weighed above 50 Stone, 14 Pounds to the Stone - measured 3 Yards 4 Inches round the Body, and 1 Yard 1 Inch round the Leg, 5 feet 11 Inches high."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Danl. Lambert, who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the stone, measured 3 yards 4 inches round the body ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, Great Britain., and 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 265 x 198 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[7 April 1806]
Call Number:
806.04.07.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The vast Daniel Lambert (left), not caricatured, sits full face in a bergere which he completely fills. His hat is on a table beside him. He looks slightly to the right., not directly at Fox who stands in profile, regarding him with an interested smile, and holding his hat behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox's head and features are larger than those of Lambert, his girth less, but his paunch at least equally projecting. Below the title: 'Danl Lambert, who at the Age of 36 weighed above 50 Stone, 14 Pounds to the Stone - measured 3 Yards 4 Inches round the Body, and 1 Yard 1 Inch round the Leg, 5 feet 11 Inches high."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Danl. Lambert, who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the stone, measured 3 yards 4 inches round the body ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, Great Britain., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm with advertisement: Exhibition. Mr. Lambert, of Leicester, the heaviest man that ever lived ..., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"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 etched below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Inscription after title: The wonderful and surprising English dwarf 3 foot 6 inches high, born in Persia, is fifty six years old, speaks eighteen languages sings Italian, dances to admiration and with the ropes ty'd to his hair when put over his shoulders lifts the great stone A., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfs (Persons)., Ropes, Bodybuilders, Human curiosities, and Dwarfs
Title from item., Place of publication and date from item., Sheet trimmed., Syndrome is identified as Thoracopagus parasiticus., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Thoracopagus parasiticus.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Conjoined twins, Anomalies, and Human curiosities
