Portraits of small humans
Date
1818
Creator
Jan Lucas van der Beek (1763 - 1818, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Izaak van Haarstert (1753 - 1834, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 206mm
width (print): 127mm
width (print): 127mm
Subject
Description
Studies of three historical little people, selected to demonstrate their small stature. Figure 10. A brother of the Polish nobleman. Figure 11. Jacob de Reus, a Jew from Prague. Figure 12. Hans Worrenberg of Switzerland.
Plate 4 from the monograph Natuur- en geschiedkundige Verhandeling over de Reuzen en Dwergen... (&) Aanmerkingen wegens sommige verscheidenheden in den mensch...by Wilhelmus Greve (J.C. Sepp & Zoon, Amsterdam, 1818).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl.IV’.
Wilhelmus Greve (1762-1819) Dutch physician, practiced in Rotterdam, Noordwijk and Delft.
Plate 4 from the monograph Natuur- en geschiedkundige Verhandeling over de Reuzen en Dwergen... (&) Aanmerkingen wegens sommige verscheidenheden in den mensch...by Wilhelmus Greve (J.C. Sepp & Zoon, Amsterdam, 1818).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl.IV’.
Wilhelmus Greve (1762-1819) Dutch physician, practiced in Rotterdam, Noordwijk and Delft.
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