Chapter Durandal to Dysmas of D by Brewer's Readers Handbook

For battle scenes: Wouvermans and Huchtenburg.

For marine pieces: Vandervelde (father and son) and Bakhuysen.

For still life and flowers: Kale, A. van Utrecht, Van Huysum, and Van Heem.

Dutton (Mrs. Dolly), dairy-maid to the duke of Argyll.—Sir W. Scott: Heart of Midlothian (time, George II.).

Duty of Man (The Complete), by H. Venn (1764).—The Whole Duty of Man, author unknown (1659).

Venn’s book is a supplement to The Whole Duty of Man.

DWARF. The following are celebrated dwarfs of real life:-

Allen (Thomas). Height 39 inches at the age of 35. Exhibited with “lady Morgan” in 1781.

Andromeda, 2 feet 4 inches. One of Julia’s free maids.

Aristratos, the poet. “So small,” says Athenæos, “that no one could see him.”

Bébé , 2 feet 9 inches. The dwarf of Stanislas king of Poland (died 1764, aged 23). Real name Nicholas Ferry.

Boruwlaski (Count Joseph), 2 feet 4 inches. Died aged 98 (1739–1837). He had a brother and a sister both dwarfs.

Buckinger (Matthew), who had no arms or legs, but fins from the shoulders. He could draw, write, thread needles, and play the hautboy. Facsimiles of his writing are preserved among the Harleian MSS. (born 1674-*).

Che-Mah, the Chinese, 25 inches, weight 52 lbs. Exhibited in London, 1880, at the age of 40.

Colobri (Prince), of Sleswig, 25 inches, weight 25 lbs. (1851).

Conopas, 2 feet 4 inches. One of the dwarfs of Julia, niece of Augustus.

Coppernin, the dwarf of the princess of Wales, mother of George III. The last court-dwarf in England.

Crachami (Caroline), a Sicilian, born at Palermo 20 inches. Her skeleton is preserved in Hunter’s Museum (1814–1824).

Davit. (See below, Strasse.)

Decker or Ducker (John), 2 feet 6 inches. An Englishman (1610).

Desseasau (Chevalier), noted for his inordinate vanity. He died in 1775, at the age of 70.

Fairy Queen (The). Exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, in 1850. Height 16 inches, length of foot 2 inches, weight 4 lbs., at the age of 16 months. Seated beside a man’s hat, she did not reach to the brim.

Farrel (Owen), 3 feet 9 inches. Born at Cavan. He was of enormous strength (died 1742).

Ferry (Nicholas). (See above, Bébé.)