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 four historical little people, selected to demonstrate their small stature. Figure 13. Simon Jane Paap (1789-1828) of Zandvoort, Netherlands. Figure 14. Nicolas Ferry (1741–1764) of France, employed as the court dwarf of King Stanislaw Leszczynski. Figure 15. A Polish noblemen seen in Paris in 1760. Figure 16. A dwarf of the Emperor Augustus.
Plate 5 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.V’.
Wilhelmus Greve (1762-1819) Dutch physician, practiced in Rotterdam, Noordwijk and Delft.
Plate 5 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.V’.
Wilhelmus Greve (1762-1819) Dutch physician, practiced in Rotterdam, Noordwijk and Delft.
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