Johannes Valerius, a man born without hands or arms. Engraving, 1819.

[London] (20 Warwick Lane) : R.S. Kirby, 16 March 1819.

1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 20.1 x 12.7 cm

In effigiem Johannis Valerii ... Lettering continues with four lines of Latin verse: "Orbatus manibus, bucca pedibusque laborat, ars mirè supplet quidquid natura negavit interdum quoque naturâ fœcundior ars est quis manibus fecit, pedibus quod perficit ipse"

C.J.S. Thompson, 'The mystery and lore of monsters', London 1930, pp. 58-59

Wellcome Collection 1924i