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Samuel Percy Irish
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The subject is Count Joseph Borowlaski (1739–1834), the celebrated Polish dwarf resident in England from 1782. Though only 39 inches tall, he was perfectly proportioned.
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Title: Count Joseph Borowlaski (1739–1834)
Artist:
Samuel Percy (Irish, 1750–1820, active England 1772)
Date: 1798
Culture: British, London
Medium: Colored wax and glass; frame: wood
Dimensions: Framed: 7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (18.7 × 16.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
Object Number: 50.187.30
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