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  • The most astonishing contrast of a female dwarf and male giant.
  • Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by J. Kay, 1803.
  • Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599.
  • In 1580, a Dutch dwarf exhibited himself in London : he was three feet high, had never a good foot, nor no knee at all, and yet could dance : he had no arm, but a stump to the elbow, or little more to the right side ... He was accompanied by a Dutch giant.
  • Lucia Zarate and General Mite, two dwarfs, with a giant and their exhibitor. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd.
  • Semi-clothed woman by a river bank called Varini. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Field Marshal Tom Thumb : previously to his departure for the Continent, will be happy to accept an engagement for a few nights, or will attend private soirees ...
  • Kleene Jannetie, a dwarf aged 46 and Lange Jacob, a giant aged 40. Mezzotint by J. Gole.
  • Maximilian Christopher Miller, a giant, aged 59, with three spectators. Engraving after L.P. Boitard, 1733.
  • Essay on monsters, dwarfs, and giants : from Busson, Dubenton, Goldsmith, and other natural historians.
  • Essay on monsters, dwarfs, and giants : from Busson, Dubenton, Goldsmith, and other natural historians.
  • [Undated newspaper cutting titled: A giant's devices].
  • Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
  • Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Engraving, 1804.
  • The Modern Living Colossus, or Wonderful Giant, is to be seen at Mr. Squire's, peruke maker, facing the Mews-Walk, within two doors of the Panopticon, Charing Cross ...
  • Three astonishing wonders!! ... : the British phenomenon Miss Stringer, the young Yorkshire Giantess ... Miss Newcomb, the Lincolnshire Lady ... Master Wall, the Cornish Dwarf.
  • Maximilian Christopher Miller, a giant, aged 59. Engraving by R. Graves.
  • [Undated newspaper cutting titled: A giant's devices].
  • This is to give notice, to all gentlemen, ladies, and others, that there is arriv'd at this place a little wild man, born in St. David's Streights, aged 27 years : he is 34 inches high, streight, very well proportioned ...
  • A small reward.
  • [Undated handbill (1878) advertising an exhibition of W. Campbell, the Scottish Giant, at the Egyptian Hall (London)].
  • Henry Blacker, a giant. Line engraving, 1751.
  • A small reward.
  • Henry Blacker, a giant. Line engraving.
  • [Leaflet (1855?) advertising appearances by 'Three White Hair'd Ladies' (6' 2") and their 30" tall brother at 13 High Holborn, London].
  • A giant, Mr. Robert Hales, named "The Yorkshire Giant," who will exhibit in Nottingham next week, is nearly eight feet in height, and weighs 462 lb.
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's latest collection of living curiosities at the Piccadilly Hall, London, featuring General Tiny Mite and Chang, the great Chinese giant (24 February 1883?). ].
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's latest collection of living curiosities at the Piccadilly Hall, London, featuring General Tiny Mite and Chang, the great Chinese giant (24 February 1883?). ].
  • Das Weib in der Natur- und Völkerkunde : anthropologische Studien / von Heinrich Ploss und Max Bartels.
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].