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== Life == |
== Life == |
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The date of Seurat's birth is uncertain, being variously reported as either 10 April 1797<ref name="Park 1991">{{Cite journal|last=Park|first=Richard|last2=Park|first2=Maureen|date=1991-12-21|title=Goya's living skeleton.|url= |journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=303|issue=6817|pages=1594–1596|doi=10.1136/bmj.303.6817.1594|issn=0959-8138|pmid=1820772|pmc=1676240}}</ref> or 4 April 1798.<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> Seurat's tours across Europe aroused controversy and because of the publicity, there was extensive interest in his life,<ref name="Park 1991" /> particularly from the medical establishment.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Armstrong|first=Rachel|date=1993|title=The role of caricature in medicine|journal=Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine|volume=16|issue=4|pages=165–169|doi=10.3109/17453059309064864|pmid=8263282}}</ref> An account, for instance, cited that Seurat was born healthy and was normal like other children except for his depressed chest.<ref name="Park 1991" /> By age 14, his health dwindled so that his frame already became skeletal in form.<ref name="Park 1991" /> When he visited [[London]] for a tour in 1825,<ref name="Park 1991" /> Seurat was described having normal height, being between {{convert|5|ft|7|in}}<ref name="Park 1991" /> and {{cvt|5|ft|7+1/2|in|sigfig=3}},<ref name="Altick 1978">{{Cite book|title=The Shows of London|last=Altick|first=Richard Daniel|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1978|isbn=978-0674807310|location=Cambridge, MA|pages=261}}</ref> but with an emaciated body; at the time, he weighed {{convert|78|lb|sigfig=3}}.<ref name="Park 1991" /> The circumference of his upper arms was {{convert|4|in}}, his waist was less than {{convert|2|ft}} around, while his neck was short, flat, and broad.<ref name="Altick 1978" /> Later, in 1832, he was stated to have weighed 43 [[Pound (mass)#French livre|French pounds]] and was {{cvt|5|ft|3|in|m}} tall.<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> Seurat's last recorded performance was in 1833 at [[Dinan]] in [[Brittany]].<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> |
The date of Seurat's birth is uncertain, being variously reported as either 10 April 1797<ref name="Park 1991">{{Cite journal|last=Park|first=Richard|last2=Park|first2=Maureen|date=1991-12-21|title=Goya's living skeleton.|url= |journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=303|issue=6817|pages=1594–1596|doi=10.1136/bmj.303.6817.1594|issn=0959-8138|pmid=1820772|pmc=1676240}}</ref> or 4 April 1798.<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> Seurat's tours across Europe aroused controversy and because of the publicity, there was extensive interest in his life,<ref name="Park 1991" /> particularly from the medical establishment.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Armstrong|first=Rachel|date=1993|title=The role of caricature in medicine|journal=Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine|volume=16|issue=4|pages=165–169|doi=10.3109/17453059309064864|pmid=8263282}}</ref> An account, for instance, cited that Seurat was born healthy and was normal like other children except for his depressed chest.<ref name="Park 1991" /> |
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By age 14, his health dwindled so that his frame already became skeletal in form.<ref name="Park 1991" /> When he visited [[London]] for a tour in 1825,<ref name="Park 1991" /> Seurat was described having normal height, being between {{convert|5|ft|7|in}}<ref name="Park 1991" /> and {{cvt|5|ft|7+1/2|in|sigfig=3}},<ref name="Altick 1978">{{Cite book|title=The Shows of London|last=Altick|first=Richard Daniel|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1978|isbn=978-0674807310|location=Cambridge, MA|pages=261}}</ref> but with an emaciated body; at the time, he weighed {{convert|78|lb|sigfig=3}}.<ref name="Park 1991" /> The circumference of his upper arms was {{convert|4|in}}, his waist was less than {{convert|2|ft}} around, while his neck was short, flat, and broad.<ref name="Altick 1978" /> |
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Later, in 1832, he was stated to have weighed 43 [[Pound (mass)#French livre|French pounds]] and was {{cvt|5|ft|3|in|m}} tall.<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> Seurat's last recorded performance was in 1833 at [[Dinan]] in [[Brittany]].<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> |
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Seurat was also the subject of an anatomical drawing of [[Francisco Goya]] after the Spanish painter met him in 1826 at a circus in [[Bordeaux]]. |
Seurat was also the subject of an anatomical drawing of [[Francisco Goya]] after the Spanish painter met him in 1826 at a circus in [[Bordeaux]]. |
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The date of Seurat's death is unknown. In 1868, [[Gilbert Richard Redgrave]] commented: "I have not yet been able to ascertain the date of his death. Who knows whether the poor fellow may not still be going the round of the French fairs?"<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> |
The date of Seurat's death is unknown. In 1868, [[Gilbert Richard Redgrave]] commented: "I have not yet been able to ascertain the date of his death. Who knows whether the poor fellow may not still be going the round of the French fairs?"<ref name="Redgrave1868" /> |
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After his death it was discovered that a tapeworm had been depriving Suerat of nutrition.<ref>{{Cite book |last=HOARE |first=STEPHEN |title=Piccadilly |publisher=The History Press |year=2020}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:35, 11 March 2023
Claude-Ambroise Seurat | |
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| Born | Variously listed as: Troyes, France |
| Died | after 1833[2] |
| Nationality | French |
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| Occupation | Freak show attraction |
| Known for | being extraordinarily underweight |
| Height | Variously given as: |
Claude-Ambroise Seurat (10 April 1797[1] or 4 April 1798[2] – after 1833[2]) was a freak show attraction from Troyes, France. He was known as "the anatomical man or the living skeleton" (Template:Lang-fr) due to his extraordinarily low body weight.[4][5][6]
Life
The date of Seurat's birth is uncertain, being variously reported as either 10 April 1797[1] or 4 April 1798.[2] Seurat's tours across Europe aroused controversy and because of the publicity, there was extensive interest in his life,[1] particularly from the medical establishment.[7] An account, for instance, cited that Seurat was born healthy and was normal like other children except for his depressed chest.[1]
By age 14, his health dwindled so that his frame already became skeletal in form.[1] When he visited London for a tour in 1825,[1] Seurat was described having normal height, being between 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m)[1] and 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m),[3] but with an emaciated body; at the time, he weighed 78 pounds (35.4 kg).[1] The circumference of his upper arms was 4 inches (100 mm), his waist was less than 2 feet (0.61 m) around, while his neck was short, flat, and broad.[3]
Later, in 1832, he was stated to have weighed 43 French pounds and was 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) tall.[2] Seurat's last recorded performance was in 1833 at Dinan in Brittany.[2]
Seurat was also the subject of an anatomical drawing of Francisco Goya after the Spanish painter met him in 1826 at a circus in Bordeaux.
The date of Seurat's death is unknown. In 1868, Gilbert Richard Redgrave commented: "I have not yet been able to ascertain the date of his death. Who knows whether the poor fellow may not still be going the round of the French fairs?"[2]
After his death it was discovered that a tapeworm had been depriving Suerat of nutrition.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Park, Richard; Park, Maureen (21 December 1991). "Goya's living skeleton". BMJ. 303 (6817): 1594–1596. doi:10.1136/bmj.303.6817.1594. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1676240. PMID 1820772.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Redgrave, Gilbert R. (4 July 1868). "Reply: The Living Skeleton, Claude Ambroise Seurat". Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, General Readers, ETC. 4th. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: The Philosophical Institution (published July–December 1868). p. 21. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Altick, Richard Daniel (1978). The Shows of London. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0674807310.
- ^ William Hone. "The Every-Day Book". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Cissé, Joseph de (n.d.). Description intéressante de Claude-Ambroise Seurat appelé l'homme anatomique, ou le squelette vivant [Interesting description of Claude-Ambroise Seurat called the anatomical man, or the living skeleton]. Nantes: Victor Mangin.
- ^ Le livre des records, 1984
- ^ Armstrong, Rachel (1993). "The role of caricature in medicine". Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine. 16 (4): 165–169. doi:10.3109/17453059309064864. PMID 8263282.
- ^ HOARE, STEPHEN (2020). Piccadilly. The History Press.
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