Wilson Collection (#10)

Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Portrait of Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) who visited Britain in 1790 and exhibited himelf at travelling fairs

Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Portrait of Old Boots (c1692-1762), an eccentric shoe shiner who was blessed with a plentitude of nose and chin

Thomas Britton, The Musical Small Coal-man, 1821. Creator: R Page
Thomas Britton, The Musical Small Coal-man, 1821. Portrait of Thomas Britton (1644-1714), English charcoal merchant and concert promoter

Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Portrait of British antiquarian, collector and gambler Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819)

Chevalier Desseasau, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Michel Descazeaux Du Halley, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Portrait of vain dwarf Michel Descazeaux du Hally (1710-1775), a French adventurer who supposedly served in the Prussian army

Baron D Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Creator: R Page
Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar, 2nd Baron d Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Portrait made in 1803 of Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar (1739-1802)

Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years, 1821. Creator: R Page
Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years, 1821. Portrait of the modern Methusaleh, Henry Jenkins, who claimed to have been born in 1501

Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Portrait of Elizabeth Woodcock (born c1757), recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days with no food

Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Count Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) was described to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris in 1760 by Count Tressan as being twenty-two

Lord Rokeby, of Singular Eccentricity, 1821. Creator: R Page
Lord Rokeby, of Singular Eccentricity, 1821. Portrait of Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (c1713-1800), an English landowner, politician and nobleman who was considered an eccentric in later life

Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Portrait of miller Thomas Wood (1719-1783), made c1773 when he was 53 years old

George Morland - The celebrated Painter, 1821. Creator: R Page
George Morland - The celebrated Painter, 1821. Portrait of British artist George Morland (1763-1804). From " Wonderful Characters

Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: R Page
Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Portrait of Jeffrey Dunstan (c1759-1797), second-hand wig seller in the West End of London

Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Portrait of Sir Harry Dimsdale, a London muffin seller who was " mayor" in the Garrat Elections of 1796, a carnival of mock elections

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Portrait of Ann Moore (1761-1813) of Tutbury in Staffordshire who became notorious as a fraudulent fasting woman

Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Portrait of Henry Lemoine (1756-1812) who sold books in the City of London and wrote for several magazines

Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Portrait of an eccentric street peddler of Reading in Berkshire, who carried unwieldy baskets on each side being always stored with cakes

Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Portrait of Elias Hoyle (1692?-1805) who supposedly lived to be 113 years old

Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Portrait of Cooke (c1725-1811) who is said to have chased away a doctor who had given him six days to live: Why, sir

Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Portrait of Scottish memoirist Peter Williamson (1730-1799) habited in the dress of a Delaware North American Indian

Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Portrait of elderly wealthy eccentric Jane Lewson (nee Vaughan, died 1816) who claimed to have been born in 1700

William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £900, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £ 900, 1821. Portrait of London hoarding beggar William Stevenson, who was apparently found on his death to be worth £ 900

Daniel Dancer, Esq. - The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Creator: R Page
Daniel Dancer, Esq. - The Remarkable Miser, 1821. Portrait of notorious English miser and eccentric Daniel Dancer (1716-1794), who owned land and property but wore rags

Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Creator: J Chapman
Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello, 1622-1647) was an Italian fisherman who led the revolt against the Spanish Habsburg rulers of Naples in 1647

Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus King of Lombardy, 1821. Creator: R Page
Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus King of Lombardy, 1821. Portrait of a man named Bertholde who bore a greater resemblance to a bear half licked into form, than a human being

Thomas Laugher - Commonly called Old Tommy, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Laugher - Commonly called Old Tommy, 1821. Portrait of centenarian Thomas Laugher (born c1700) made in 1807 when he was aged 107

Foster Powell - The Astonishing Pedestrian, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Foster Powell - The Astonishing Pedestrian, 1821. Portrait of Powell (1734-1793), a lawyers clerk and the first notable exponent of long distance walking, known as pedestrianism

Nathaniel Bentley. The well known Dirty Dick, 1821. Creator: R Page
Nathaniel Bentley. The well known Dirty Dick, 1821. Portrait of Nathaniel Bentley (c1735-1809) who had a hardware shop and warehouse on Leadenhall Street in the City of London

Bampfylde Moore Carew - King of the Beggars, 1821. Creator: R Page
Bampfylde Moore Carew - King of the Beggars, 1821. Portrait of Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693-1759), English rogue, vagabond and impostor

The President of the United States of America, 1910s, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The President of the United States of America, 1910s, (1919). Portrait of (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), President of the USA from 1913 until 1921

Belfast Harbour - Ferry Steps, 1851, (1909). Creator: James Glen Wilson
Belfast Harbour - Ferry Steps, 1851, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Haus Frauenstein Wilson Carlile
Reverend Prebendary Wilson Carlile (1847-1942) - Founder and Honorary Secretary of The Church Army - pictured with his trombone. Date: circa 1905

Glasgow Cathedral - From South-East, mid-late 19th century, (c1912). Built between the 13th and 15th centuries, the medieval Gothic cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland

Rosalind, c1830s. Creator: J C Wilson
Rosalind, c1830s. Woman wearing a revealing dress with slashed sleeves and bodice, a character from " As You Like It", play by William Shakespeare

With Sir Henry Wilson on the Rhine, 1919, (1945). Creator: Unknown
With Sir Henry Wilson on the Rhine, 1919, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) as Secretary of State for War

Fleet Street and Ludgate Circus in London, Second Half of the 19th century. Private Collection

Mr. Jacob Wilson, 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Mr. Jacob Wilson, 1879. Jacob Wilson (1836-1905), agriculturalist. From The Sporting Gazette and Agricultural Journal, 16th August 1879

Mount Erebus, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Mount Erebus, 1911, (1913). The sun lights up the summit of Mount Erebus, the second-highest volcano in Antarctica and the southernmost active volcano on Earth

Cave in the Barrier, Cape Crozier, Jan. 4th, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Cave in the Barrier, Cape Crozier, Jan. 4th, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

An April Sunset from Hut Point, Looking West, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
An April Sunset from Hut Point, Looking West, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

The Ramp and the Slopes of Erebus, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
The Ramp and the Slopes of Erebus, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

The Great Ice Barrier, Looking East from Cape Crozier, 4 January 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Iridescent Clouds: Looking North from Cape Evans, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Iridescent Clouds: Looking North from Cape Evans, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Dr. Wilson Watching the First Rays of Sunlight Being Recorded, c1911, (1913)
Dr. Wilson Watching the First Rays of Sunlight Being Recorded After the Long Winter Night, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Woodrow Wilson, Treaty of Versailles, France, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles which brought World War I to an end was signed on 28 June 1919

Looking West from Cape Evans, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Looking West from Cape Evans, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Hut Point from Observation Hill, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Hut Point from Observation Hill, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Exercising the Ponies, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Exercising the Ponies, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

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