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Francesco Battalia, the Stone Eater, 17th century. Born in Rome with three stones in his hands, he lived on a diet of stones and red wine. Performed in London at Bartholomew Fair and depicted by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Cmden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.

Francesco Battalia, the Stone Eater, 17th century. Born in Rome with three stones in his hands, he lived on a diet of stones and red wine. Performed in London at Bartholomew Fair and depicted by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Cmden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
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Caption: Francesco Battalia, the Stone Eater, 17th century. Born in Rome with three stones in his hands, he lived on a diet of stones and red wine. Performed in London at Bartholomew Fair and depicted by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Cmden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
Personalities: WENCESLAUS HOLLAR • HENRY WILSON
Credit: Album / Florilegius
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Image size: 4234 × 7090 px | 85.9 MB
Print size: 35.8 × 60.0 cm | 1666.9 × 2791.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 17TH CENTURY • 17TH CENTURY. • 17TH • 17TH-CENTURY • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ARTFORM: LITHOGRAPH • BARTHOLOMEW FAIR • BOOK OF WONDERFUL CHARACTERS • CHARLATAN • CITY OF LONDON • CONJURER • DEPICTED • DIET • ECCENTRIC • ENTERTAINER • EXTRAORDINARY • FRANCESCO BATTAGLIA • FRANCESCO BATTALIA • FREAK • HENRY WILSON • ILLUSIONIST • ITALIAN • JAMES CAULFIELD • JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHER • LITHOGRAPHY • LONDON CITY • LONDON • LONDON. • MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OF REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC PERSONS IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES • PERFORMER • PICCADILLY • RED WINE • REMARKABLE • ROBERT COOPER • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • ROME • STIPPLE ENGRAVING • STONE EATER, THE • STONE • STONES • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WENCESLAUS HOLLAR • XIX CENTURY • XVII CENTURY