Ein Irrländischer Riss = An Irish giant
Cornelius Magrat gebohren in Irrland den 10 Januar 1737, ist 19. Jahr alt und besizet ein ungenwöhnliche grösse und Stärke, also zwar das sich Europa duch seine Persohn einer Risengeburt diser Zeit rühmen kann. Alldieweilen sein Armb ander hand 10. 1/2 Z dick und desen Mittelster finger so lang als eines auf gewachsenen Manns hand, sein gewicht ist 357. tt. = Cornellius Magrath, born in Ireland, 10 January 1737, is 19 years old, and shows a body-build great and strong, also all of Europe is withiout a person of giant birth at this time compared with him ... /
J.N. Maag.
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| Summary: | Cornelius McGrath, (1737-1760), standing with his left arm extended horizontally above the tall hat of a moustached and fully uniformed swordsman, whose size and proportions can be assumed to be average. |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | German |
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[Germany] :
[s.n.] ;
[ca. 1755].
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| Notes: | Small 20th century inked rubber stamp on verso "Sammlung Hans Hopf" and a few light pencilled code numbers of previous owners on margins. Physical description: 1 print : copperplate engraving ; image 35.7 x 27.7 cm., sheet 39.4 x 37.3 cm.. more |
| Credits: | Attributed to Johann Nepomuk Maag, (died 1800) in Munich, Germany. |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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PD MCGR-CO (1) III |
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Prints & Drawings |
Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.
