Anne Siggs, an eccentric lame beggar. Engraving, 1804.

Date:
1 June 1804
Reference:
1817i
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[London] (16 Paternoster Row) : Alex. Hogg, & Co., 1 June 1804.

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1 print : etching and line engraving ; image 17.5 x 12.1 cm

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Anne Siggs, of Swallow St. St. James's. A remarkable character, well known in most parts of London.

References note

Shearer West, 'Eccentricity and the self', in Andrew Kahn (ed.). Representing private lives of the Enlightenment , Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2010. fig. 19

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Wellcome Collection 1817i

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