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A strongman (Emile de Suyck?) invites a woman to volunteer to help him in his final feat. Process print, 1906 (?).
Date: [1906?]Reference: 2064387iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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A strongman poses next to his weights surrounded by a crowd. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2047059iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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Two men wearing the fashionable dress of checked trousers, top hats, cravats, waistcoats and top coats. Coloured lithograph after J.V. Barret, ca 1860.
Barret, J. V.Date: 1860Reference: 35302i- Pictures
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Tony Nelson-Machholz, a strongman and acrobat, rests his head on his fist. Process print, 1914.
Date: [1914?]Reference: 2047054iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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A wrestler (?) gazing upwards. Photographic postcard, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2047068iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
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Stedfastness in the faith explained and recommended. A sermon preached at Cumbernauld, on Monday, 4th July 1774. After the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. From I Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye; stand fast in the faith, quite you like men, be strong. With an appendix enlarging the design of the sermon. By John Thomson, minister of the Gospel in Kirkintilloch.
Thomson, John, active 1754-1799.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Pictures
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Four gay men embracing; representing solidarity with the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Michael Taubenheim and Jason R. Engelbart for the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 673741i- Pictures
A male dwarf said to be Persian and to possess unusual talents. Etching, ca. 1740.
Date: [1740?]Reference: 2929i- Pictures
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Two boys performing as strongmen. Reproduction of a photograph.
Reference: 3875i- Pictures
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A strongman prepares to drink a glass of the tonic Byrrh before performing his act. Colour process print, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 2047043iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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Odysseus and his men blinding the cyclops Polyphemus with a sharpened stake. Etching by Taylor, ca. 1790.
Date: [1790?]Reference: 43375i- Pictures
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Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching, 1820, after C. Leigh.
Leigh, C.Date: 1820Reference: 1888i- Pictures
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Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Engraving after C. Leigh.
Leigh, C.Reference: 1889i- Pictures
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Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching by C. Leigh, 1741, after W.H. Toms.
Date: 29 June 1741Reference: 1887i- Pictures
Mr E. Naucke, weighing 410 lbs. Reproduction of wood engraving.
Reference: 913i- Pictures
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Owen Farrell, a dwarf. Engraving by J. Hulett, 1742, after H. Gravelot.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: 27 May 1742Reference: 286i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
Date: 1 July 1821Reference: 860i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.
Date: 1 August 1809Reference: 859i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 574786i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
Parry, Joseph, 1744-1826.Date: 31 August 1804Reference: 858i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.
Date: 1 July 1809Reference: 861i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, weighing 51 stone. Etching.
Reference: 857i- Pictures
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Daniel Lambert, weighing over fifty stone, aged 36. Coloured etching.
Reference: 853i- Pictures
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A muscular young man wearing black latex trousers and angel s wings, standing on a mudheap with his arm raised and his fist clenched in a combative gesture; representing gay men in the fight against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999?]Reference: 666454i- Ephemera
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On Thursday, July 17, 1845, Mr. Canfield! : The strongest man in the world! Whose extraordinary feats of strength have gained him the title of The American Samson! will appear and perform the following Herculean feats ... / Royal Albert Saloon.
Date: 1845