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Engraver, English, fl.1740-1771
Title
Owen Farrel, the Irish Dwarf, (1716-?1742), against St Paul's Covent Garden, London
Date1742
MediumLine engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 37 x 24 cm
Sheet: 40 x 26.5 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1909
Object numberNGI.10181
InscriptionOwen Farrell the Irish Dwarf. He was born in the county of Cavan: & in ye year 1716/was footman to a Colonel at Dublin: afterwards/was carried about for a show being but 3f-9in high,/yet so surprisinly strong, that he could carry/4 men, 2 sitting astride on each arm, and/perform several other feats of strenght