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Aquatint of a stout young boy in a dark jacket holding a walking stick before rocky cliffs and water.

Hercules, a very large child. Aquatint by T. Cartwright, 1815, after E. Pugh

Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a med…

Charles Bird King

Hand-coloured engraving of a bearded man in grey clothes holding books, with a hat and stacked books on the ground.

Richard Robert Jones, a self taught linguist. Coloured etching by A.R. Burt, 1823

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair and a white cravat, inscribed Thomas Coutts Esqre below.

Thomas Coutts. Etching after W. Beechey

William Beechey

Me-na-wa, a Creek Indian. Coloured lithograph by J.T. Bowen after C.B. King, 1837

Charles Bird King

Coloured aquatint of a young woman in a bonnet and yellow shawl making a sign language gesture with her hands.

A woman using sign language. Coloured aquatint by W.T. Annis, 1819, after J. Northcote

James Northcote

Etched caricature of a curly-wigged man in a long coat with a walking stick, gesturing beside a bust on a pedestal.

Pier Leone Ghezzi as the "knight of caricature", carrying a stick and making a gesture with both hands. Etching by M.…

Carl Marcus Tuscher

Lithograph of a standing child with a flower crown on a cushion, with exhibition text printed below.

Iòao Baptista dos Santos, a diphallic boy with supernumerary legs. Lithograph by W. Kohler

Engraving of a strong man standing on a scaffold above three water-filled barrels on a timber stage.

Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching by C. Leigh, 1741, after W.H. Toms

William Henry Toms

John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, a deaf mute man. Etching after John Faber the elder

Etched portrait of an elderly bald bearded man in a buttoned coat and white collar, with inscription Thos. Smith aged 112.

An old man, designated as Thomas Smith, aged 112. Etching by Jan Lievens

Etched portrait of an older bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed robe, resting hands on a book, captioned Erasmus Rotterdamus

Desiderius Erasmus. Etching by A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Etching of an elderly woman in a bonnet and shawl leaning on a cane, standing before a house wall with a window and door.

Margaret Standing, a disabled woman. Etching by J. Bruce

Etching of two bearded men in top hats and dark coats before classical columns, one raising his hat.

Thomas Smith Clouston and Douglas Argyll Robertson. Etching by W. Hole

Etched full-length portrait of an elderly man in tricorn hat and period coat, smoking a pipe and holding a cane.

Joseph Rullier, aged 106. Etching by J. Leroy

Oval engraved portrait of King Henry VI wearing a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe.

King Henry VI. Etching by G. Gabrielli, 1875

Giuseppe Gabrielli

Coloured lithograph of a man in feathered headdress, face paint, silver armbands and an oval medallion, 1836.

J-Aw-Beance (?), an Ojibwa chief, wearing a medallion. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C.B. King, 1836

Charles Bird King

Pen and wash drawing of a very tall man in a top hat before a shoe shop, with a crowd of onlookers gazing up at him.

James Henry Lambier, "the American giant". Drawing

Etching of a standing street vendor in a tall hat holding bootlaces hanging from hook-like hands, 1816.

An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.…

John Thomas Smith

Etching of a pedestrian walking along a road past a crowd of caricatured spectators, with a flag on a pole.

George Wilson, a pedestrian, on a road lined with people. Etching by J.T. Smith after himself, 1815

John Thomas Smith

Hand-coloured lithograph of a grotesque mermaid with a fish tail and toothy mouth, among red drapes and cushions, with two sh

A grotesque mermaid, amidst luxurious cushions and drapes, and framed by two shells. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcel…

Hand-coloured etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and red shawl seated by a hearth, labelled Elizabeth Shaw, aged 117.

Elizabeth Shaw, aged 117. Coloured etching by B. Howlett, 1800, after R. Sheardown, 1780

Engraved portrait of a stout woman in a lace headscarf holding a clay pipe and a glass, with handwritten note below.

Dolly, a proprietress of a restaurant specialising in steaks, mutton etc. Reproduction of an etching by B. Wilkes aft…

George Cruikshank

Etching of Owen Farrell standing on cobblestones with a walking stick and hat, wearing a loose coat and buckled shoes.

Owen Farrell, a dwarf. Etching by J. Gleadah

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, within an oval Rococo frame with an inscribed cartouche.

Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther

active approximately Günther Johann

Colored caricature of a man in a green apron standing among laboratory glassware and a furnace.

Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas carrying out a chemical procedure. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier

Honoré Daumier

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a cane, with a landscape and tree behind him.

John Philips, aged 117. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier

Philippe Mercier

Mezzotint portrait of a man leaning on a rock with a top hat, with a pastoral scene of cattle and village at left.

Edward Jenner. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1800, after himself

John Raphael Smith

Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Linacre in a dark cap and gown, holding a quill pen, with Latin signature below.

Thomas Linacre. Stipple engraving by H. Cook after W. Miller, 1810

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat beside books, titled William Heberden, M.D.

William Heberden. Mezzotint by J. Ward after Sir W. Beechey

William Beechey