In 1580, a Dutch dwarf exhibited himself in London : he was three feet high, had never a good foot, nor no knee at all, and yet could dance : he had no arm, but a stump to the elbow, or little more to the right side ... He was accompanied by a Dutch giant.

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[Between 1840 and 1880?]
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In 1580, a Dutch dwarf exhibited himself in London : he was three feet high, had never a good foot, nor no knee at all, and yet could dance : he had no arm, but a stump to the elbow, or little more to the right side ... He was accompanied by a Dutch giant. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Small broadside about "the earliest mention of an exhibition in England, that I have met with. G.S."

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[Between 1840 and 1880?]

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1 sheet ; 13 x 12 cm

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