Exceedingly Collection

Chinese Doctor / Ca 1915
A Chinese doctor feels the pulse of an aristocratic patient with exceedingly long finger nails

There was an Old Man in a Barge, whose Nose was exceedingly large (litho)
966253 There was an Old Man in a Barge, whose Nose was exceedingly large (litho) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an Old Man in a Barge)

There was an Old Man of Dee-side, whose Hat was exceedingly wide (litho)
966259 There was an Old Man of Dee-side, whose Hat was exceedingly wide (litho) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an Old Man of Dee-side)

High Street, Grahamstown (from the Railway Station) (b / w photo)
3092391 High Street, Grahamstown (from the Railway Station) (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: High Street, Grahamstown (from the Railway Station)

The Experiences of an Acting Adjutant at the Easter Review (engraving)
1056162 The Experiences of an Acting Adjutant at the Easter Review (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Pretoria Club (b / w photo)
3092456 The Pretoria Club (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pretoria Club)

Thomas Talmage
THOMAS TALMAGE - American Dutch Reformed churchman, exceedingly popular preacher who filled churches and whose sermons were reprinted in 3500 newspapers every week ! Date: 1832 - 1902

The Struldbrugs / Gulliver
GULLIVER IN LUGGNAGG The Struldbrugs live for ever, and are exceedingly unhappy about it, becoming foolish, opinionative, peevish, unloving and unloved... Date: First published: 1726

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In the quaint streets of Grahamstown, South Africa, circa 1915, a Chinese doctor's exceedingly large nose stood out in a black-and-white photograph, as did the old Ethiopian man's caricatured features in a lithograph. Elsewhere, an old man from Dee-side was known for his hat that was exceedingly wide, also depicted in a lithograph. Meanwhile, an acting adjutant shared his experiences at the Easter Review in an engraving, and the Pretoria Club's members gathered at their esteemed establishment, as immortalized in another black-and-white photo. Thomas Talmage, a man of letters, penned tales of the fantastical, such as the Struldbrugs - beings who were born old and continued to age, but never died - a concept exceedingly intriguing for the imagination.