Eccentric Collection (page 6)

A mischievous couple
An eccentric Welsh couple from Abertillery in South Wales stand out on their balcony, grinning cheekily and posing with silly expressions for the camera

Mr Blunt, Eccentric
MR BLUNT I d like to be able to tell you about this gent, but all the British Museum has to say is that he is an eccentric. Possibly musical. Date: 18th century

Joshua Brookes, Churchman
JOSHUA BROOKES Chaplain of the Collegiate Church of Christ, at Manchester : his behaviour was sometimes considered to be eccentric. Date: 1754 - 1821

Epsom Derby Day - Prince Monolulu - Tipster. Date: 1929

Georgina Weldon
GEORGINA WELDON (nee Thomas) Remarkable and eccentric adventuress, opera singer, mistress of Charles Gounod etc. Date: 1837 - 1914

Francis Macnab
FRANCIS MACNAB (M NAB) Laird of M Nab, eccentric Scottish character. Date: circa 1787

George Romondo, Dwarf
GEORGE ROMONDO (or Raimondo) eccentric dwarf, renowned for his gift of mimicry Date: 1765 - ?

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Gerard De Nerval
GERARD DE NERVAL (real name G Labrunie) French writer, always eccentric, finally insane

Triangular Lodge
Part of the curious Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northants. built by Sir Thomas Gresham in 1593, planned as an emblem of the Holy Trinity, everything in a series of threes

Josephin Peladan / Hommes
JOSEPHIN PELADAN French writer, occultist and eccentric

EXCENTRIC DANCER
EXCENTRIC A woman dancing in a black dress trimmed with white fur

Myttons Upturns Gig
English eccentric Jack (John) Mytton (1796-1834) deliberately capsizes a gig by driving it into a rabbit hole in order to scare a nervous passenger

Eccentric Juvenile Garb
Man: trousers with decorative border on outside leg. Girl: pink print dress, pantalettes & pelerine. Boy: full skirted blue coat, V shaped waist seam & very full sleeves

William Beckford Square
WILLIAM BECKFORD English writer, eccentric and art collector

Mytton in Stable
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) sits under a horses rump and holds onto her hind legs. The other horses in the stable appear perturbed - but not the humans

Schiaparelli Hats 1938
Two hat designs by the eccentric and inventive Elsa Schiaparelli (Sciaparelli). One has a large pink hat-band, the other a short black veil

John Bigg, the Hermit
The hermit JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life

Jemmy Lovell / Pedlar / 1823
Jemmy Lovell, an eccentric tinker who is expert at mending kettles

John Duke of Montagu
JOHN second duke of MONTAGU (or Montague) eccentric known for his kindness, notably to his hideous dog which he loved because no one would love it

SAMUEL CHAPPEL GRATER
SAMUEL CHAPPEL a.k.a grater after his habit of grating his bread an act that was necessary due to his lack of teeth. He was a resident of Oxford

Mad Jack of Margate: a local character who added to the colour of Margate making your seaside holiday complete. Daft hat aside, we don t know what form his madness took

Antoninus II Elagabalus
Varius Avitus Bassianus, later Marcus Aurelius Antoninus II, known as ELAGABALUS (which means Sun-god Baal ) Roman emperor, eccentric, dissipated, assassinated

Sir William Buckland
SIR WILLIAM BUCKLAND eccentric naturalist, whose household comprised all kinds of livestock in addition to his own family

Ptolemaic System /
Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets

Sir Francis Dashwood
SIR FRANCIS DASHWOOD Eccentric nobleman. Founder of the Hellfire Club

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