Patrick O'Brien, a giant. Etching by J. Kay, 1803.

Date:
1803
Reference:
915i
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On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

For sitter see: L. Fiedler 'Freaks', New York 1978, p.p. 110-111

Publication/Creation

1803

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1 print : etching ; platemark 26.3 x 19.4 cm

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Mr. OBrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high. I. Kay. 1803

Reference

Wellcome Collection 915i

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