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Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783.

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Images featuring Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783.

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  • 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.
  • Three giants, the tallest identified as Charles Byrne and the others as twins, and six spectators including an unidentified lady and dwarf. Etching by J. Kay, 1784, after himself.
  • Just arrived in London, and to be seen in an elegant apartment, at the cane-shop, in Spring Garden Gate, next door to the house late Cox's Museum : the Modern Living Colossus, or wonderful Irish Giant, only 21 years of age, measures eight feet two inches high ...

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    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.

    Duncan, James Allan, active 1888-1910 | Date: 1900 | Reference: 47152i
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    Three giants, the tallest identified as Charles Byrne and the others as twins, and six spectators including an unidentified lady and dwarf. Etching by J. Kay, 1784, after himself.

    Kay, John, 1742-1826. | Date: 1784 | Reference: 2289i
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    Just arrived in London, and to be seen in an elegant apartment, at the cane-shop, in Spring Garden Gate, next door to the house late Cox's Museum : the Modern Living Colossus, or wonderful Irish Giant, only 21 years of age, measures eight feet two inches high ...

    | Date: [1781?]

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