2-714-144 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Michel Descazeaux Du Halley, Remarkable for his Vanity', 1821. Portrait of 'vain dwarf' Michel Descazeaux du Hally (1710-1775), a French adventurer who supposedly served in the Prussian army, but fled to England after duelling with a fellow officer. He wrote poetry while confined in the Fleet Prison in London. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. II, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]