Giacomo Poro (born 1686 in Genoa, was known as James Poro. He had an underdeveloped conjoined twin attached to his abdomen, known as a parasitic, asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin. Poro exhibited himself in London during 1714
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Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 20 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Portrait in a rectangular frame, James Stuart, known as "Athenian Stuart", in profile half-length, directed and looking to the left
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Title from caption below image., Publication date from published state National Portrait Gallery, London., and Text below image: "From a picture in the possession of Richard Brettingham Esqr., Shotford Hall, Norfolk."
Title from item., Title continues: Sells all sorts of haberdashery & hosiery, likewise strip'd & pladd Hollands, whalebone, cane, buckrams, dimitys, flannels, bayzes & linseys, with all sorts of worsteds, wholesale & retail at the lowest prices., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 10 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title etched below image., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. Iconographia Scotica; or, Portraits of illustrious persons of Scotland. London : I. Herbert, 1797., Mounted on page 102 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.5 x 12.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge.
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Published 1st November 1794 by I. Herbert, No. 29 Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury
Subject (Name):
James V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542 and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811
Title from caption below image., Publication date from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Text below title: "From a picture by Sir W. Beechey in the possession of J. Watt Esq. of Aston Hall, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."
"Portrait after a sculptured bust by F. Chantrey, with pedestal, head directed and looking slightly to right, robes around shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from text in image.
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Published June 25th, 1825 by the engraver, Bayswater