The Suffolk wonder

illustration of a short, bald man with printed text below

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.

  • Title: The Suffolk wonder: or, The pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale.
  • Publication: [Ipswich?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1755]

Catalog Record

755.00.00.27

Acquired August 2023

The wonderful strong and surprizing Persian dwarf

description below“Portrait of a Persian dwarf, full-length, slightly turned to the left, holding up ropes tied to his hair, dressed in a frockcoat with the skirts buttoned back and with a Turkish hat on his head, a large weight at his side, a harlequin pointing to an advertisement for the dwarf on a shed beyond, the whole surrounded by scrolling rococo foliate and shell designs.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Title: The wonderful strong and surprizing Persian dwarf [graphic] : 3 foot 6 inches high, born in Persia, is fifty six years old, speaks eighteen languages, sings Italian, dances to admiration and with the ropes ty’d to his hair, when put over his shoulders lifts the great stone A.
  • Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1740?]

Catalog RecordĀ 

740.00.00.65+

Acquired June 2019