Exceptional characters.- Darton (W. & T., publisher) London's Remarkables, broadside, with nine wood-engraved vignettes surrounding pen and ink manuscript text signed and dated 'Stephen Murrell, December 1811', on laid paper with watermark 'Ivy Mill' and date '1804', sheet 465 x 365 mm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in), even toning, surface dirt and browning, old folds with some splits repaired, unframed, [circa 1806]; together with a miscellaneous group of 22 prints of eccentrics, performers, and items of ephemera, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (23)
⁂ Vignette portraits include: Daniel Lambert "of enormous size"; Black Toby "a noted character"; George Romondo, or "The Little Man of the Mountains"; John and Robert Green "The wandering Minstrels"; Tom and his Pigeons "a noted character"; Samuel Horsey "The King of the Beggars"; Ann Johnson " The Holborn Lace-Weaver..."; Mary Jones "commonly called Mad Molly"; and John Statham "blind Young Man remarkably well known".
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