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1. The Suffolk wonder: or, The pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1755]
- Call Number:
- 755.00.00.27
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- A broadside on Christopher Bullock, a tiny but fat watch and clock-maker in Suffolk; with a woodcut showing a portrait of Bullock, holding a wig in his left hand, mopping his brow with the other; with letterpress title and text, including information on other people of Suffolk including another dwarf Miss B-t-h-c-r, and a table listing market days and distances from London of towns on the road to Yarmouth, and with one vertical segment of type ornaments. See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale
- Description:
- Caption title., Woodcut of the dwarf dated 1755. See Sheila O'Connell's 'Popular Print in England' (British Museum 1999, cat.4.41) where she shows that the portrait was lifted from an etching of Jacob Powell made a year or two earlier (see British Museum cat.4.40)., Woodcut signed lower left with a italic 'g'?, and Preserved in a modern mount. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Suffolk (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Bullock, Christopher, 1708-
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Growth disorders, and Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Suffolk wonder: or, The pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale
2. The five strange wonders of the world
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1763?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Maxims, Horseback riding, Tobacco pipes, Dogs, Butcher shops, and Fans (Accessories)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The five strange wonders of the world