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Wonderful Characters Collection

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: John Broughton, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

John Broughton, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
John Broughton, 1822. Portrait of Jack Broughton (c1703-1789), an English bare-knuckle boxer or pugilist

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Toby, a well known imposter, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Toby, a well known imposter, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Toby, a well known imposter, 1822. Portrait of a man on crutches, holding out a hat, with a scarf around his head and eyes

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Portrait of Margaret M Avoy (1800-1820) who claimed she could sense colours through the medium of her fingers despite having lost her sight

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Portrait of Joanna Southcott (c1750-1814) English mystic and religious fanatic

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Elizabeth Brownrigg, Executed for Cruelty & Murder, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Elizabeth Brownrigg, Executed for Cruelty & Murder, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Brownrigg, Executed for Cruelty & Murder, 1822. Portrait of Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) who was convicted of murder and hanged at Tyburn (in London) in 1767

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Portrait of the beggar Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Portrait of Mrs Everitt and her son Thomas, the enormous baby

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Creator: R Cooper

Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Creator: R Cooper
Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Portrait of Daniel (1770-1809), keeper of Leicester gaol

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: John Elwes. The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Creator: R Page

John Elwes. The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Creator: R Page
John Elwes. The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Portrait of English MP John Elwes (also John Meggot or Meggott, 1714-1789)

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Portrait of the political publican of Soho in London, holding a clay pipe and a bowl inscribed Fox for Ever

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Portrait of John Smith, a pugilist who was beaten by Jack Broughton in London in 1737

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Madame Maria Teresa, the Corsican Fairy, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Portrait of florist Rhynwick Williams (born c1767), who was arrested in 1790 and accused of being the London Monster

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang, 1822. Creator: J Chapman

Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang, 1822. Creator: J Chapman
Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Jeffery Hudson, Aged 30 Years, 18 Inches high. - Dwarf to King Charles the First, 1821

Jeffery Hudson, Aged 30 Years, 18 Inches high. - Dwarf to King Charles the First, 1821. Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-1682) is recorded to have been only 18 or 19 inches (46cm) tall at the age of 30

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Portrait of Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) who visited Britain in 1790 and exhibited himelf at travelling fairs

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Portrait of Old Boots (c1692-1762), an eccentric shoe shiner who was blessed with a plentitude of nose and chin

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Britton, The Musical Small Coal-man, 1821. Creator: R Page

Thomas Britton, The Musical Small Coal-man, 1821. Creator: R Page
Thomas Britton, The Musical Small Coal-man, 1821. Portrait of Thomas Britton (1644-1714), English charcoal merchant and concert promoter

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Portrait of British antiquarian, collector and gambler Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819)

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: The Excursion of George Harvest, 1821. Creator: J Chapman

The Excursion of George Harvest, 1821. Creator: J Chapman
The Excursion of George Harvest, 1821. The eccentric English parson George Harvest (c1715-1780) stripping off his wig, shirt and coat as he rides a horse

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Chevalier Desseasau, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Chevalier Desseasau, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Michel Descazeaux Du Halley, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Baron D Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Creator: R Page

Baron D Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Creator: R Page
Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar, 2nd Baron d Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Joan D Arc, the Maid of Orleans, 1821. Creator: R Page

Joan D Arc, the Maid of Orleans, 1821. Creator: R Page
Joan D Arc, the Maid of Orleans, 1821. Portrait of St Joan (c1412-1431), French patriot and martyr

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years, 1821. Creator: R Page

Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years, 1821. Creator: R Page
Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Portrait of Elizabeth Woodcock (born c1757), recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days with no food

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Lord Rokeby, of Singular Eccentricity, 1821. Creator: R Page

Lord Rokeby, of Singular Eccentricity, 1821. Creator: R Page
Lord Rokeby, of Singular Eccentricity, 1821. Portrait of Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (c1713-1800), an English landowner, politician and nobleman who was considered an eccentric in later life

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Portrait of miller Thomas Wood (1719-1783), made c1773 when he was 53 years old

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: George Morland - The celebrated Painter, 1821. Creator: R Page

George Morland - The celebrated Painter, 1821. Creator: R Page
George Morland - The celebrated Painter, 1821. Portrait of British artist George Morland (1763-1804)

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: R Page

Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: R Page
Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Portrait of Jeffrey Dunstan (c1759-1797), second-hand wig seller in the West End of London

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Portrait of Sir Harry Dimsdale, a London muffin seller who was " mayor" in the Garrat Elections of 1796, a carnival of mock elections

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Portrait of Ann Moore (1761-1813) of Tutbury in Staffordshire who became notorious as a fraudulent fasting woman

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Portrait of Henry Lemoine (1756-1812) who sold books in the City of London and wrote for several magazines

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Portrait of Elias Hoyle (1692?-1805) who supposedly lived to be 113 years old

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Portrait of Scottish memoirist Peter Williamson (1730-1799) habited in the dress of a Delaware North American Indian

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years, 1821. Creator: R Page

Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years, 1821. Creator: R Page
Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years, 1821. Portrait of Englishman Thomas Parr who claimed to be a supercentenarian. Old Parr claimed to have been born in 1483, and died in 1635

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Portrait of elderly wealthy eccentric Jane Lewson (nee Vaughan, died 1816) who claimed to have been born in 1700

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £900

William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £900
William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £ 900, 1821. Portrait of London hoarding beggar William Stevenson, who was apparently found on his death to be worth £ 900

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Daniel Dancer, Esq. - The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Creator: R Page

Daniel Dancer, Esq. - The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Creator: R Page
Daniel Dancer, Esq. - The Remarkable Miser, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Creator: J Chapman

Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Creator: J Chapman
Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello, 1622-1647) was an Italian fisherman who led the revolt against the Spanish Habsburg rulers of Naples in 1647

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus King of Lombardy, 1821. Creator: R Page

Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus King of Lombardy, 1821. Creator: R Page
Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus King of Lombardy, 1821

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Thomas Laugher - Commonly called Old Tommy, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Laugher - Commonly called Old Tommy, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Laugher - Commonly called Old Tommy, 1821. Portrait of centenarian Thomas Laugher (born c1700) made in 1807 when he was aged 107

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Foster Powell - The Astonishing Pedestrian, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Foster Powell - The Astonishing Pedestrian, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Foster Powell - The Astonishing Pedestrian, 1821. Portrait of Powell (1734-1793), a lawyers clerk and the first notable exponent of long distance walking, known as pedestrianism

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Nathaniel Bentley. The well known Dirty Dick, 1821. Creator: R Page

Nathaniel Bentley. The well known Dirty Dick, 1821. Creator: R Page
Nathaniel Bentley. The well known Dirty Dick, 1821. Portrait of Nathaniel Bentley (c1735-1809) who had a hardware shop and warehouse on Leadenhall Street in the City of London

Background imageWonderful Characters Collection: Bampfylde Moore Carew - King of the Beggars, 1821. Creator: R Page

Bampfylde Moore Carew - King of the Beggars, 1821. Creator: R Page
Bampfylde Moore Carew - King of the Beggars, 1821. Portrait of Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693-1759), English rogue, vagabond and impostor


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