"Portrait of Owen Farrel; full length, walking to left in a field, glancing towards right, with hat in his left hand and staff (with a carved face) in the right, wearing rags; a man and four children waving and shouting at him from behind beside an inn."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly a plate from: Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum; or, Magazine of remarkable characters. London : R.S. Kirby, 1803-20., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on a board with another print and pamphlet about Owen Farrel.
Publisher:
Published April 4th, 1815, by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House Yard, St. Paul's
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Farrell, Owen, 1716-approximately 1742,
Subject (Topic):
Strong men, Dwarfs, Taverns (Inns), and Staffs (Sticks)
publish'd May [the] 27th 1742, according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
742.05.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Owen Farrel in Covent Garden, full length, walking to right, glancing towards front, with hat in his right hand and staff in the left; behind him two children gesture towards him and a dog yaps between his feet at another; a woman with a wheelbarrow, another man and a boy on the right, turning and exclaiming to their left; St Paul's Church behind them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Description of life and person of Owen Farrel below image: He was born in the county of Caven & in [the] year 1716 was footman to a colonel at Dublin ..., Dedicated by the printmaker to Cromwell Mortimer, M.D., "Price 1 s.", and Mounted to 41 x 26 cm.
Caption title., Probably issued with the print: Owen Farrel, the Irish dwarf : 3 feet, 9 inches high : from an original painting in the possession of the publisher. [London] : Published April 4th, 1815, by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House Yard, St. Paul's., and Mounted on a board with two prints of Owen Farrell.
Portrait of Owen Farrel; full length, walking to the right, looking forward, with hat in his right hand and staff in his right, wearing rags
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on the year that George Smeeton was located at 3 Old Bailey., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on a board with another print and pamphlet about Owen Farrel.
