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Peter the Wild Boy, famous German feral child, 1712-1785. Found in the woods of Haemlin aged 13. Exhibited to King George I and the nobility of England in 1726. Subject of a satire by Jonathan Swift. 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 Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.

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Peter the Wild Boy, famous German feral child, 1712-1785. Found in the woods of Haemlin aged 13. Exhibited to King George I and the nobility of England in 1726. Subject of a satire by Jonathan Swift. 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 Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.

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HENRY WILSON

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Album / Florilegius

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4392 x 6679 px | 83.9 MB

Print size:

37.2 x 56.5 cm | 14.6 x 22.3 in (300 dpi)

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