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Ephemera
Freak shows ephemera. Box 3.
Pictures
Online
Owen Farrell, a dwarf. Engraving by J. Hulett, 1742, after H. Gravelot.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: 27 May 1742Reference: 286i
Pictures
Online
Vamana avatar: Vaman before King Bali and consort. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 25959i
Ephemera
Online
King of Lilliputians : the original and only Australian General Tom Thumb, the smallest well-formed man in the world... the world-famed court dwarf and jester, Commodore Knott.
Date: [s.n.],
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet (27 December 1872?) advertising an appearance of "the gigantic mother and daughter" of Queen's County, Ireland. Ann O'Neill is the daughter (also known as Ann O'Neal in other publications) at Whiteley's Unrivalled Exhibition of Living Wonders (15 Tichborne Street, Haymarket, London). "Gigantic" appears to mean very fat. Also appearing is Mr. Jackson, the "smallest man in the world"].
Date: [between 1870 and 1873?]
Pictures
Online
Bertholde, a dwarf. Engraving by A. Walker.
Reference: 158i
Pictures
Midgets performing a scene in which a native American man, represented as a giant among midgets, threatens to kill Captain John Smith, while Pocahontas intercedes for him. Lithograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 39450i
Ephemera
Online
Birth extraordinary! Patronized by royalty : Just arrived Hartley's unequalled exhibition : To be seen alive in a commodious caravan, in Broadwall, opposite the Mitre, New Cut, Lambeth : Mast. Daniel Hartley, the great Goliah of the day, or the wonder of the age ... the above youth is accompanied and contrasted by The Devonshire Dwarf! Mr Thomas Bartlett, or the man in miniature.
Date: [1861]
Pictures
Online
Andrew Whitson or Whiston, a dwarf. Engraving, 1821.
Date: 30 March 1821Reference: 1965i
Pictures
Online
Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Line engraving.
Reference: 346i
Books
Online
Historia partus nanae, versionis negotio a foetu vivo feliciter liberatae. In concessu artis obstetriciae amantium praelecta d. 18. Febr. 1797 / a F.B. Osiander.
Osiander, Friedrich Benjamin, 1759-1822.Date: 1797
Ephemera
Online
[Undated mottled blue-grey handbill (London, December 1884?) advertising an appearance by Harvey's Midges: Princess Lottie, Prince Midge, Miss Jennie Worgen, General Tot and Mlle. Lottie Adelina de Lara, child pianist, at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
Date: 1884
Pictures
Online
A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755.Reference: 2939i
Pictures
Online
Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife, King-Foo and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving, 1865.
London Stereoscopic Company.Date: 30 September 1865Reference: 2779i
Ephemera
Online
Hans and Gretel : tango midgets from Germany.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on pink paper].
Date: [1894]
Pictures
A group of five beggars with different disabilities. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44087i
Ephemera
Online
[Undated white handbill (London, December 1884?) advertising an appearance by Harvey's Midges: Princess Lottie, Prince Midge, Miss Jennie Worgen, General Tot and Mlle. Lottie Adelina de Lara, child pianist, at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
Date: 1884
Ephemera
Online
"Com. Nutt" and Minnie Warren.
Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]
Ephemera
Online
Frank Uffner's American Midgets : actual comparative life size.
Date: [1880?]
Ephemera
Online
General Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren : in the identical costumes worn before Emperor Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie, at the Palace of the Tuilleries, Nov. 29, 1864.
Date: [1864?]
Pictures
Online
Bébé, a dwarf dressed as a Roman soldier, standing on a table amidst people. Lithograph after A. Géniole.
Géniole, Alfred André, 1813-1861.Reference: 2941i
Ephemera
Online
World's smallest people : Filipino midgets : Juan de la Cruz, Miss Martina de la Cruz : brother and sister.
Date: [1930?]
Books
Online
Esquisse iconographique sur quelques nains / [P.E. Launois].
Launois, Pierre Emile, 1856-1914.Date: 1911
Ephemera
Online
Fred Roper's wonderful midgets : Fred Roper and Little Lady Godiva : 18 years old, 34 in. high, 29 1/2 lbs weight.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]