Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1759-1797

Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garratt, 1759-1797. Work-house foundling who became an old-wig seller and huckster, elected Mayor of Garratt, London, in 1785 until his death in 1797. Pictured with a sack of old wigs over his shoulder. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by R. Page from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

18th Century 19th Century Book Of Wonderful Characters Buckle Shoes Deformed Eccentric Elected Extraordinary Foundling Freak Henry Wilson Huckster James Caulfield John Camden Hotten Memoirs And Anecdotes Piccadilly R. Page Remarkable Ridicule Sack Stipple Engraving

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