"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.
Title from item., Place of publication derived from street address., Date from item., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published 15 Feby. 1815 by E. Williams, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Anomalies, Strong men, Boys, and Human curiosities
"Portrait of a Persian dwarf, full-length, slightly turned to the left, holding up ropes tied to his hair, dressed in a frockcoat with the skirts buttoned back and with a Turkish hat on his head, a large weight at his side, a harlequin pointing to an advertisement for the dwarf on a shed beyond, the whole surrounded by scrolling rococo foliate and shell designs."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful strong and surprising Persian dwarf
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue. Also from contemporary newspaper clipping mounted with print on the Lewis Walpole Library impression., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted with a contemporary newspaper clipping, dated 18 July 1740, announcing the arrival of the Persian dwarf.
