Volume 1

Portraits and lives of remarkable and eccentric characters.

Date:
[1819?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Portraits and lives of remarkable and eccentric characters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bring Cash in Pockets:—That he need not write: I don^t like PROMISES:—Even Black and White; From—BANKS—in—ENGLAND/’ Telegraph, Saturday, March 11, 1794. To these we could add several others, but the above, we presume, will be sufficient to illustrate our hero’s character, both for his ingenuity and for his eccentricities as a writer. Mr. Van But- chell, regardless of the pomp of fashion, frequently rode about on his grey poney, the accoutrements of which attracted royal attention. He was a very cheerful companion, and remarkable for affability. He had two wives, and his having kept the body of his first for some time in his house, in a preserved state, occasioned much curiosity, and a variety of conjectures. This uxorious humour gave rise to a report that he was entitled to some property as long as she remained above ground. We must, however, drop a subject of which we have no authentic information : we shall, therefore, conclude with a