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Extraordinary natural curiosity : a living skeleton.

Anatomie vivante, or, the Living Skeleton.

Claude Ambroise Seurat, a very thin man. Colour etching.

Claude-Ambroise Seurat, Daniel Lambert, Jeffery Hudson and an unidentified giant, surrounded by eight vignettes of other characters. Stipple engraving.

Extraordinary novelty! Another living skeleton!! : and the last night of Cannon & Crawley ... : Monday, August 15th, 1825 ... / Royal Coburg Theatre.

The living skeleton : drawn from nature / by Robert Crukshank.

Phrenological propensities: philoprogenitiveness, amativeness, self-love, individuality, number; illustrated by a huge and happy family, an apothecary making advances on his maidservant, a dandy admiring his reflection, Seurat the human skeleton, Toby the learned pig. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.

Claude Ambroise Seurat, a very thin man. Coloured etching.

Boniface : there have been several "living skeletons" exhibited in England from time to time. The most famous, as the first of the kind, was Claude Seurat, a Frenchman, who was shown in London during the summer of the year 1825.

Claude Ambroise Seurat, known as the 'Human skeleton'. Stipple engraving by R. Cruikshank, 1825.

Claude Ambroise Seurat, a very thin man who was known as the 'Human Skeleton'. Drawing.

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.

Description intéressante de Claude-Ambroise Seurat appelé l'homme anatomique, ou le squelette vivant, / par M. le Comte Joseph de Cissé.

L'uomo anatomico lo scheletro vivo : descrizione interessante di Claudio Ambrogio Seurat detto l'uomo anatomico ossia lo scheletro vivo da molti professori delle universita' d'Europe.

Interesting account and anatomical description of Claude Ambroise Seurat. Called L'anatomie vivante; or, The living skeleton, now exhibiting at the Chinese saloon, no. 94, Pall Mall, London.

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Seurat, Claude-Ambroise, 1798-1841

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Description intéressante de Claude-Ambroise Seurat appelé l'homme anatomique, ou le squelette vivant, / par M. le Comte Joseph de Cissé.

L'uomo anatomico lo scheletro vivo : descrizione interessante di Claudio Ambrogio Seurat detto l'uomo anatomico ossia lo scheletro vivo da molti professori delle universita' d'Europe.

Interesting account and anatomical description of Claude Ambroise Seurat. Called L'anatomie vivante; or, The living skeleton, now exhibiting at the Chinese saloon, no. 94, Pall Mall, London.