A Living skeleton!! Authentic memoir of that singular human prodigy Claude Seurat, denominated the Living Skeleton, who arrived in London from the Continent in July, 1825. In which is contained a circumstantial detail of his person ... together with an account of his manners, habits, etc. ... / Illustrated ... by Robert Cruikshank.

  • Seurat, Claude-Ambroise, 1798-1841.
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[1825?]
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Credit: A Living skeleton!! Authentic memoir of that singular human prodigy Claude Seurat, denominated the Living Skeleton, who arrived in London from the Continent in July, 1825. In which is contained a circumstantial detail of his person ... together with an account of his manners, habits, etc. ... / Illustrated ... by Robert Cruikshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ crative proposal, as he had done every other of a similar nature, being resolved that the body of his offspring should, if he possessed the means, be re¬ moved, and consigned to the burial place of his native city. Major Williams was further informed, that pro¬ posals had been made to the father to cause the removal of his offspring to Paris, in order that he might there be presented to the French Monarch; but either from possessing some previous knowledge as to the character of Charles the Xth., or receiving a friendly hint on the subject, he was led to conjec¬ ture that the King of France had no very great pre¬ dilection for such prodigies in nature, and that, therefore, in case that plan was pursued, the only good result would be, a miserable pension of four or five hundred francs per annum, (eighteen or twenty pounds Sterling,) with a room or two in some isolated mansion, which would constitute the only recompense for his son, who would thereby be debarred from liberty of action during the residue of his existence. Such was the situation of affairs, when Major Williams proposed to the parent the conveying his son, himself, and his wife, to England, (the latter being mother-in-law of the prodigy under review); coupling that offer with such terms as proved the liberality of the gentleman in question, who, far from seeking to realize any beneficial pecuniary spe¬ culation as regards himself, is merely anxious to assist the family, and make England the depository