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  • Joseph Grimaldi rides on horseback behind Richard Norman astride a tiny horse in a hunting episode of the pantomime, Red Dwarf. Etching by W. Heath, ca. 1811.
  • A dwarf throwing away a knife and exclaiming to a startled man and a dog, amidst a rural setting. Etching after G. Cruikshank, 1836.
  • Joseph Grimaldi dressed as a hussar standing before another actor in a clown's costume in a scene from the pantomime, Red Dwarf. Etching by W. Heath, ca. 1811.
  • General Tom Thumb the celebrated American dwarf : exhibiting every day and evening, in Caitlin's Indian Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for a short time only!!.
  • General Tom Thumb the celebrated American dwarf : exhibiting every day and evening, in Caitlin's Indian Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for a short time only!!.
  • Three astonishing wonders!! ... : the British phenomenon Miss Stringer, the young Yorkshire Giantess ... Miss Newcomb, the Lincolnshire Lady ... Master Wall, the Cornish Dwarf.
  • The Duke of Wellington observing the French premier Adolphe Thiers, who is represented as the dwarf General Tom Thumb (?) Lithograph by J. Leech, 1844 (?).
  • [Undated handbill advertising an exhibition of the dwarf, Princesse Maria, accompanied by La Belle Vénitienne at the Salon des Deux Extrêmes at Champ-de-Foire. ].
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • Rome, the Spanish Steps: a woman and a boy looking at a male dwarf standing at the foot of the steps. Wash drawing by C.L., 180-.
  • [Small handbill advertising an appearance by Che Mah, the celebrated Chinese Dwarf, the smallest man in the world at the Queen's Arms, High Street, Islington (December 1868?)].
  • [Small handbill advertising an appearance by Che Mah, the celebrated Chinese Dwarf, the smallest man in the world at the Queen's Arms, High Street, Islington (December 1868?)].
  • Beautiful wonder of nature! : General Tom Thumb the celebrated American dwarf : exhibiting every day and evening, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, previous to his departure to Paris.
  • The celebrated Mrs. Weston, six inches shorter than any woman travelling ... : also the Liliputian Dwarf, thirty years of age, and only thrity-two inches high ...
  • In Paris, at the theatre of M. Comte, in 1819, a female dwarf was exhibited, seventy-three years of age, with a height of only 33 inches ...
  • A dwarf carrying a large jug into a room where a person is ill in bed. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.
  • The giant Gog extricating the dwarf Xit from a bear in the Lions Tower at the Tower of London, watched by Queen Mary I. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Three giants, the tallest identified as Charles Byrne and the others as twins, and six spectators including an unidentified lady and dwarf. Etching by J. Kay, 1784, after himself.
  • Marc Catozze : born without arms or legs : called the Little Dwarf, was born at Venice, in the year 1741 ... he expired at Paris, the age of 62 ...
  • An old woman picking fleas from a man's head, behind them a man holds up a jug and in the background a dwarf preparing food looks on. Etching after C. Dusart.
  • Just arrived, and may be seen in the Commodious Rooms, 287 Strand : Mrs. Butcher, the celebrated Yorkshire married dwarf : the smallest lady and the greatest wonder of the present age.
  • Memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentelman, containing a faithful and curious account of his birth, education, marriage, travels and voyages / Written by himself; translated from the French by Mr. Des Carrieres.
  • [Page 466 of the 25 February 1893 issue of 'The Million' with an article on Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, exhibiting at The Royal Aquarium, Westminster with dwarf, Princess Topaze, 26" tall].
  • [Page 466 of the 25 February 1893 issue of 'The Million' with an article on Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, exhibiting at The Royal Aquarium, Westminster with dwarf, Princess Topaze, 26" tall].
  • Special arrangement for Christmas holidays of Herr Joseph Drasal, the German Giant, the tallest man ever exhibited : and Colonel Dietrich Ulpts, the Tyrolese Dwarf, 34 inches high / The Royal (late Weston's), Holborn ; Arliss Andrews, printer, 31 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, W.C.
  • Outline of a tall tree, dwarfing figure at its base. Pencil drawing.
  • This is to acquaint the nobility, gentry and the curious in general : to be seen ... during the time of the fair, the surprising Italian Dwarf, two feet six inches high, 25 years of age, born without arms, legs, or thighs. Yet has feet and hands.