John Baggridge; commonly called 'Jack Double-head'

K5956 (image/tiff)
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: K5956

: Fine Art

: drawing/watercolour

: John Baggridge; commonly called 'Jack Double-head'

: DEMPSEY, John Church

: a framed colour drawing on paper, showing: a half-length portrait of the 'Bristol character', John Baggridge, commonly known as 'Jack Double-head' on account of a physical disability; note, this drawing is mounted with a near contemporary hand-written account and description of the sitter

The social history of disability in Bristol

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: City of Bristol Collection

: circa 1840

: circa 1840

: [Book] Hansen, David. 2017. Dempsey's People: A Folio of British Street Portraits, 1824-1844. 1. 262.

: Purchased, 2002

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