Medical Arts - Medical Anomalies

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This presentation is for educational purposes only

The information displayed makes no attempt to being politically correct

It is presented just as it was during the 18th Century


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“Mr. Henry Blacker THE BRITISH GIANT”

1750(Private Collection)


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The Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath - ‘‘Il Gigante Magrat” Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height

by Pietro Longhi while Magrath was Visiting Venice as Part of His Exhibition Tour of Europe 1757 (Private Collection)


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The Mortal Remains of the Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height

(Trinity College)


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The Mortal Remains of the Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height

(Trinity College)


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English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giants at the Swan Inn, December 15, 1780

1780(Oxford Digital Library)


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Newspaper Clipping “On seeing the Gigantic Twin Brothers, No. 2, Spring Gardens.”



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English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giant Appearance at the Cane Shop, April 25, 1782



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“Charles Byrne Alongside the Brother Knipe & Dwarves”

by John Kay c. 1784(National Portrait Gallery)


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“THE SURPRISING IRISH GIANT OF ST. JAMES’S STREET.”

by T. Smith 1785(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The Mortal Remains of Charles Byrne (1761 - 1783) Who Stood 7 Feet 7 Inches Tall(Royal College of Surgeons of England)


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English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giant at the Silk Dyer’s, May 5, 1785



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Bank Note Spoof Announcing “The Gigantic Child” / “Infant Hercules”

c. 1780s(Oxford Digital Library)


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“A Dwarf: Leatherjack” - Owen Farrel (1716 - 1742)

English School, Attributed to B. Smith or Joseph Highmorec (Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery William Hunter Collections, University of Glasgow)


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“A Dwarf: Leatherjack” - Owen Farrel (1716 - 1742)

English School, Attributed to B. Smith or Joseph Highmorec (Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery William Hunter Collections, University of Glasgow)


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Dwarf Equestrian Enthusiasts

by Dutch School 18th Century (Bonham’s)


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Joseph Boruwlaski (1739–1837), A Polish - Born Dwarf Who Toured European and Turkish Courts

by Philip Reinagle c. 1782(Private Collection)


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English Newspaper Cutting Advertising Two Albino Brothers at Charing - Cross, April 30, 1789



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James Poro, Son of Paul Poro

London 1722(The British Museum)


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“Verdadero retrato y relacion anatomica de las ninas unidas que nacieron en Barcelona …Barcelona”

1779(Private Collection)


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Skeleton of Siamese TwinsFrom the Collection of Scientist & Embalmer Frederik Ruysch

c. 1717

(The Kunstkamera)


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Magdalena Rudolf's Thuinbuj from Stockholm

by Wolfgang Kilian 1651(Oxford Digital Library)


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Johannes Wnistor ! (Born 1700)

Early 18th Century (Oxford Digital Library)


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Self Portrait of Mr. Matthew Buchinger

April 29, 1724(Oxford Digital Library)


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Specimen of Writing by Matthew Buchinger, Dublin, Born Without Hands or Feet

October 16, 1736(Oxford Digital Library)


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Maria Marin

c. Early to Mid 18th Century (Oxford Digital Library)


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English Handbill



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English Handbill of the Sun

c. 1780(Oxford Digital Library)


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English Handbill for the Talbot - Inn



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English Handbill Announcing “THE CELEBRATED FAIR VENETIAN”

18th Century (Oxford Digital Library)


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“The Portrait of THOMAS INGLEFIELD Etched by Himself”

1787 (Oxford Digital Library)


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English Newspaper Cutting - Hole in the Wall in Butcher-Row Announcing a Woman with Horn Growing

18th Century (Oxford Digital Library)


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Handbill of Mr. Becket



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“Jedidiah Buxton, ...”



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“Jedidiah Buxton, ...”



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