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Barbara van Beck, German celebrity and performer, 1629-c.1668. Barbara Ursler, born with hypertrichosis or Ambras syndrome, married her manager Johan Michael van Beck, exhibited and played the harpsichord around Europe. The woman with a hairy face. From a curious and scarce print. Copperplate engraving by George Scott from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.
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Barbara van Beck, German celebrity and performer, 1629-c.1668. Barbara Ursler, born with hypertrichosis or Ambras syndrome, married her manager Johan Michael van Beck, exhibited and played the harpsichord around Europe. The woman with a hairy face. From a curious and scarce print. Copperplate engraving by George Scott from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.
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Image size:
4954 x 6717 px | 95.2 MB
Print size:
41.9 x 56.9 cm | 16.5 x 22.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
102 ST MARTINS LANE • 17TH CENTURY • 17TH • AGENT • AMBRAS SYNDROME • ARISTOCRACY • ARISTOCRAT • BARBARA URSLER • BARBARA VAN BECK • BIOGRAPHY • CELEBRITY • CITY OF LONDON • CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL PLATES • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CURIOUS • ETCHING • EUROPE • EXHIBITED • FACSIMIL • FACSIMILE • FAMOUS • FREAKSHOW • GALLERY OF RARE PORTRAITS • GEORGE JONES • GEORGE SCOTT • GEORGIAN • GERMAN • GERMANS • HARPSICHORD • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HYPERTRICHOSIS • JOHAN MICHAEL VAN BECK • LONDON • MANAGER • NOBILITY • NOBLE • NOBLEMAN • NOBLES • NOSY • PERFORMER • PLATE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PRINT DEALER • PRINT • REGENCY • REPRESENTATIVE • ROYALS • ROYALTY • SAMUEL WOODBURN • SCARCE PRINT • WOMAN WITH A HAIRY FACE, THE
