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Joseph Boruwlaski (1739-1837). Polish performer who was born with achondroplasia, which causes dwarfism. As musician, he toured in European and Turkish courts. Portrait by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833). Boruwlaski is shown as he would have appeared in one of his entertainments, wearing a military uniform and sword befitting his presentation as a Count Boruwlaski. Oil on canvas, 1783-1793. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Caption:
Joseph Boruwlaski (1739-1837). Polish performer who was born with achondroplasia, which causes dwarfism. As musician, he toured in European and Turkish courts. Portrait by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833). Boruwlaski is shown as he would have appeared in one of his entertainments, wearing a military uniform and sword befitting his presentation as a Count Boruwlaski. Oil on canvas, 1783-1793. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4479 x 5714 px | 73.2 MB
Print size:
37.9 x 48.4 cm | 14.9 x 19.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 19TH CENTURY • ACHONDROPLASIA • ADVENTURES • AMUSEMENT • BLADE • BORUWLASKI • BRITISH • CADRE • CARNIVAL • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COMIC • COMPARISON IN SIZE • CONDE • CORTES • COSTUME • COUNT (NOBILITY) • COUNT BORUWLASKI • COURT DWARFS • COURT • CUT • CUTS • DISGUISE • DISGUISED • DIVERTISSEMENT • DOOR • DOORWAY • DWARF • DWARFISM • ENGLAND, HISTORY • ENGLISH • ENTERTAINMENT • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN COURTS • EUROPEAN TOUR • EUROPEAN • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FREE TIME • GENETIC DISORDER • GREAT BRITAIN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY ENGLAND • HISTORY OF ENGLAND • HISTORY • HISTORY, ENGLAND • IMAGES • IN PAINTINGS • INDOOR • INGLES • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INTERIORS: IN PAINTINGS • JOZEF BORUWLASKI • LEISURE TIME • LEISURE • LONDON • MACROCEPHALY • MALE • MAN • MASCULINE • MASQUERADE • MEN • MILITARY UNIFORM • MODERN AGE • MODERN ERA • MODERN PERIOD • MUSIC • MUSICIAN • NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY • OIL ON CANVAS • OPEN DOOR • PAINT • PAINTER • PAINTING (ACTIVITY) • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PERFORMANCE • PERFORMER • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PHILIP REINAGLE • PICTURE • PICTURES • PIECE • POLE • POLISH • PORCH • PORTAL • PORTICO • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • REINAGLE • ROLE • SABER • SABLE • SABRE • SCENE • SHORT STATURE • SIZE COMPARISON • SOCIETY • STAGE • STATUETTE • SWORD • TALL • THEATER • THEATRE
