Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

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Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

For sitter see: L. Fiedler 'Freaks', New York 1978, p.p. 110-111

[London] (11 London House Yard) : R.S. Kirby; [London] (447 Strand) : I. Scott, 20 June 1804.

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.9 x 12.3 cm

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