Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c. Anonymous

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       NATHANIEL BENTLEY, Esq. Known by the Name of Dirty Dick , Late a Hardware Merchant, in Leadenhall-street.

       ANN SIGGS, Contrast to the Character last mentioned.

       MEMOIRS OF THE CELEBRATED MARTIN VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon, Dentist, &c. OF MOUNT-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE.

       PARTICULARS RELATING TO JOHN STATHAM, A REMARKABLE BLIND YOUNG MAN, Well known about the streets of London .

       ANNE LONGMAN, SINGER AND MUSICIAN.

       JOHN AND ROBERT GREEN, THE WANDERING MINSTRELS.

       TOM AND HIS PIGEONS, A noted Character , ABOUT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, &C.

       ROGER SMITH.

       GEORGE ROMONDO, Well known for his imitative abilities AND GROTESQUE APPEARANCE.

       TOBY, A CONSPICUOUS NEGRO. A frequent visitor about the streets of London.

       MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS Sir JOHN DINELY, Baronet, One of the Knights of Windsor .

       PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE POLITE GROCERS of the STRAND. "Brother John and I."

       ANN JOHNSON, THE HOLBORN LACE-WEAVER, A conspicuous blind woman .

       SAMUEL HORSEY, A REMARKABLE MAN WITHOUT LEGS, Called the King of the Beggars .

       Miss THEODORA DE VERDION, commonly known by the name of CHEVALIER JOHN THEODORA DE VERDION, Who lived in London disguised as a man, a teacher of languages and a walking bookseller.

       DANIEL LAMBERT, Aged Thirty-six Years .

       THE DEATH OF MR. LAMBERT! FROM THE STAMFORD PAPER, Friday, June 23, 1809.

       MARY JONES, COMMONLY CALLED MAD MOLLY , Well known about Cheapside, Newgate-Street, Holborn-Bridge, &c. &c .

       A WELL-KNOWN CARVER, IN FLEET-MARKET, ANNO 1806. "HOT or COLD."

       THE LIFE OF JOHN ELWES, ESQ. Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire.

       THE FLYING PYE-MAN.

       THOMAS LAUGHER, Aged 109 Years .

       THE LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.