Sujet
Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities', 1821.
Légende
'Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities', 1821. Portrait of elderly wealthy eccentric Jane Lewson (née Vaughan, died 1816) who claimed to have been born in 1700. She supposedly smeared herself with pig's fat instead of washing, and still wore the fashions of the reign of George I. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. II, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]
Date
1821
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F21_267
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,7Mo (5,6Mo) / 32,0cm x 50,0cm / 3774 x 5902 (300dpi)