The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John Valerius (1667 - fl. 1705)

Born with no arms, he lived and performed in London from 1698 to 1705, accomplishing many tasks using his feet, including writing, depicted in a series of prints published in 1698 (Wilson and Caulfield, 334-5). Other biography: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG181567 Relevant locations: Birth place in Germany, Europe
Lived at or near London, England
 Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - The Book of Wonderful Characters: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries.
 Linked images:
Portrait of John Valerius

John Valerius writing

References in Documents:
An Exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School (Oxford MS Rawlinson C. 865) 388 A Picture of Joan.Johan. Valerius with a line or two wrote with his feet, he having no arms.