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Body size

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  • A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).
  • Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.
  • A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
  • A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
  • Nineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900.
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Catalogue

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    Schooled on fat : what teens tell us about gender, body image, and obesity / Nicole Taylor.

    Taylor, Nicole, 1972- | Date: 2016
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    A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).

    Netscher, Caspar, 1635 or 1636-1684. | Date: 1761 | Reference: 25998i
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    Head of a female dwarf, aged sixteen. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: 1793? | Reference: 30701i
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    Big & small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.

    Vallone, Lynne | Date: [2017]
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    The presentation of Mary at the Temple. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21165i
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