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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 October 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.10.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene on the Steine at Brighton. A small, fashionably dressed man carries (left to right) a large and muscular man, who sits astride his back, naked, holding his hat to shield his person. Two ladies (right) walking together stare at him, one holdin...
- Alternative Title:
- Strong lad of Brighton taking off the Princes chum and Dwarf and the giant
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub October 5, 1795 by S.W. Fores, N 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Cholmondeley, Georgina Cholmondeley, Marchioness of, 1764-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Bodybuilders, Dogs, Dwarfs, and Giants (Persons)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dwarf & the giant, or, The strong lad of Brighton taking off the Princes chum!!! [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 June 1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.06.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Thomas Topham, taken on 28 May 1741; full length, standing slightly to right on high scaffold, preparing to lift three hogsheads full of water in Bath Street, London, in honour of Admiral Vernon's attack to capture Cartagena; after a draw...
- Alternative Title:
- Representation of Thomas Topham the strongman ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 29, 1741, and sold by W.H. Toms, engraver, in Union Court, Holbourn
- Subject (Name):
- Topham, Thomas, approximately 1710-1749, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bodybuilders, Lifting & carrying, and Barrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The representation of Thomas Topham the strong man before thousands of people, in Bath-Street, Cold-Bath-Fields / [graphic] : who lifted three hogsheads of water, weighing 1836 £, the 28th of May 1741, in honour to Admiral Vernon
4.
- Published / Created:
- [17--]
- Call Number:
- Print00305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- The wonderful strong and surprising Persian dwarf
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfs (Persons)., Ropes, Bodybuilders, Human curiosities, and Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The wonderful strong and surprizing Persian dwarf [graphic].
5.
- Published / Created:
- [19th century]
- Call Number:
- Print00815
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title, place of publication, and date supplied by curator.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823,, Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806,, Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809,, Romondo, George, 1765-after 1804,, Siggs, Ann,, and O'Brien, Patrick, 1760-1806,
- Subject (Topic):
- Abnormalities, Human, Human curiosities, Giants (Persons)., Dwarfs, Bodybuilders, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Giants and dwarfs] [graphic].