Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c. With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes.
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PORTRAITS OF CURIOUS CHARACTERS IN LONDON, &c. &c.
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NATHANIEL BENTLEY, Esq. Known by the Name of Dirty Dick, Late a Hardware Merchant, in Leadenhall-street.
ANN SIGGS, Contrast to the Character last mentioned.
MEMOIRS OF THE CELEBRATED MARTIN VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon, Dentist, &c. OF MOUNT-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE.
PARTICULARS RELATING TO JOHN STATHAM, A REMARKABLE BLIND YOUNG MAN, Well known about the streets of London.
ANNE LONGMAN, SINGER AND MUSICIAN.
JOHN AND ROBERT GREEN, THE WANDERING MINSTRELS.
TOM AND HIS PIGEONS, A noted Character, ABOUT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, &C.
ROGER SMITH.
GEORGE ROMONDO, Well known for his imitative abilities AND GROTESQUE APPEARANCE.
TOBY, A CONSPICUOUS NEGRO. A frequent visitor about the streets of London.
MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS Sir JOHN DINELY, Baronet, One of the Knights of Windsor.
PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE POLITE GROCERS of the STRAND. "Brother John and I."
ANN JOHNSON, THE HOLBORN LACE-WEAVER, A conspicuous blind woman.
SAMUEL HORSEY, A REMARKABLE MAN WITHOUT LEGS, Called the King of the Beggars.
Miss THEODORA DE VERDION, commonly known by the name of CHEVALIER JOHN THEODORA DE VERDION, Who lived in London disguised as a man, a teacher of languages and a walking bookseller.
DANIEL LAMBERT, Aged Thirty-six Years.
THE DEATH OF MR. LAMBERT! FROM THE STAMFORD PAPER, Friday, June 23, 1809.
MARY JONES, COMMONLY CALLED MAD MOLLY, Well known about Cheapside, Newgate-Street, Holborn-Bridge, &c. &c.
A WELL-KNOWN CARVER, IN FLEET-MARKET, ANNO 1806. "HOT or COLD."
THE LIFE OF JOHN ELWES, ESQ. Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire.
THE FLYING PYE-MAN.
THOMAS LAUGHER, Aged 109 Years.
THE LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.
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