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A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).

Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.

A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.

Nineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900.

A lady asks a pharmacist about his enlargening potion; he displays the bump on his head as proof of its efficacy. Process print after a wood engraving.

An infant giant. Drawing, c. 1794.

Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

Head of a female dwarf, aged sixteen. Drawing, c. 1793.

The presentation of Mary at the Temple. Engraving.

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A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).

Head of a female dwarf, aged sixteen. Drawing, c. 1793.

The presentation of Mary at the Temple. Engraving.

A lady asks a pharmacist about his enlargening potion; he displays the bump on his head as proof of its efficacy. Process print after a wood engraving.

Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.