Person who deviates significantly from social norms

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An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Matthew Robinson-Morris, second Baron Rokeby, an eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Page.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Drawing.

Jane Shore (mistress of King Edward IV), Henry Hastings (Dorset landowner and sportsman), Jedediah Buxton (mental calculator), and Mary Davis (with horns). Etching, 1808.

Baron D'Aguilar, an eccentric merchant farmer with starving animals, and farm buildings in the background. Stipple engraving.

Henry Dimsdale, an eccentric who calls himself 'Mayor of Garratt'. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper.

Filippo Giuliani, a 'water-drinker'. Line engraving, 1680.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by J. MacArdell.

Jenny Darney, a travelling eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

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Eccentrics and eccentricities

Images about Eccentrics and eccentricities

Works

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

Eccentrics and eccentricities

Images about Eccentrics and eccentricities

Works

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

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