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Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Etching, 1795, after A. van Assen.

Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

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Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

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Images by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

Works from the collections

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.

Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

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Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

Images from the collections

Images by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

Works from the collections

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.

Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Frequent collaborators

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