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Cooper, Robert, active 1814-1836.

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Images from the collections

Images by Cooper, Robert, active 1814-1836.

39 images from works
  • Wybrant Lolkes, a dwarf with his wife. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • Margeret M'Avoy, blind but with remarkable perception. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • Elizabeth Woodcock, recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days, aged 42. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821, after J. Baldrey, 1799.
  • Elias Hoyle, aged 113. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by R. Cooper, after F. G. von Kügelgen, 1817.
  • Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • Simon Paap, a dwarf. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.
  • Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Henry Dimsdale, an eccentric who calls himself 'Mayor of Garratt'. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper.

Works from the collections

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    Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: 1 November 1813 | Reference: 24833i
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    Thomas Laugher, known as Old Tommy, aged 107. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

    | Date: 1 August 1821 | Reference: 2219i
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    Samuel House, a patriotic publican. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.

    | Date: 1 February 1822 | Reference: 336i
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    Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.

    | Date: 1 May 1823 | Reference: 309i
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    Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

    | Date: 1 July 1821 | Reference: 860i

Related topics

Eccentrics and eccentricities
Dwarfs (Persons)
Centenarians
Beggars

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