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Tall people

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Images referencing Tall people

27 images from works
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife, King-Foo and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England: Charles Stewart, conservator of the museum, describing specimens to visitors on the college's centenary. Drawing by J.A. Duncan, 1900.
  • Claude-Ambroise Seurat, Daniel Lambert, Jeffery Hudson and an unidentified giant, surrounded by eight vignettes of other characters. Stipple engraving.
  • Colonel Chang, a giant, and General Mite, a midget. Lithograph.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf and Walter Parsons, a giant. Engraving.
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Photograph.
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife King-Foo,and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf and Walter Parsons, a giant. Etching.
  • Lucia Zarate and General Mite, two dwarfs, with a giant and their exhibitor. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd.
  • Louis, a giant. Lithograph by M. Gauci, 1826.

Works from the collections

29 works

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    James Toller, a giant, aged seventeen. Engraving.

    | Reference: 1885i
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    Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife, King-Foo and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving, 1865.

    London Stereoscopic Company. | Date: 30 September 1865 | Reference: 2779i
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    A giant child. Engraving, 1805.

    | Date: 1 March 1805 | Reference: 2951i
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    The incarnations of Vishnu. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27724i
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    Charles Byrne, a giant, George Cranstoun, a dwarf, and three other normal sized men. Etching by J. Kay, 1794.

    Kay, John, 1742-1826. | Date: 1794 | Reference: 3087i

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Dwarfs (Persons)

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