Accession number
PML 146639, p. 476b
Published
[England : s.n., ca. 1740]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item; entire text transcribed.
Library's copy trimmed within platemark.
Inserted as the second plate (i.e. plate "b") after p. 476 in v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Library's copy trimmed within platemark.
Inserted as the second plate (i.e. plate "b") after p. 476 in v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Description
1 print : etching ; 224 x 174 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a woman with dwarfism standing full length with a flower in her hand. In the background, open ground surrounded by trees, and a building used for exhibition. Above the door is a painting of her, and a man outside announces her presence by blowing a trumpet. A rococo cartouche surrounds the figure.
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