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John Carter

http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kHAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22memoir+of+john+carter%22&rview=1&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

Paralyzed in a fall in 1836, John Carter discovered a talent for art, holding a brush in his teeth and working in bed. The figures below are after Albrecht Dürer.

http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kHAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22memoir+of+john+carter%22&rview=1&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

See also No Handicap, Sarah Biffen, and Prince Randian.

February 19, 2008October 2, 2010 | Art · Oddities

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