The Pigmies in Piccadilly, Lucia Zarate and General Mite, with the Exhibitor.
Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 27 November 1880. Volume: 77 , Issue: 2165. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd. Read the ILN
THE PIGMIES IN PICCADILLY. The "American Midgets," as they are called, whom Mr. Frank Uffner has placed on exhibition, in the Piccadilly Hall, opposite St. James's Church, daily from two to five and at half-past seven o'clock, are the smallest persons, nearly adult, ever seen in London. One is a young woman of nearly eighteen years; the other is a lad of sixteen. She stands twenty inches high, and weighs much less than an ordinary new-born babe; his weight is nine pounds, but his stature is only twenty-one inches. Mademoiselle Lucia Zarate was born on Jan. 2, 1863, at San Carlos, near Vera Cruz, in Mexico, of Mexican parents, who attend at Piccadilly, and are swarthy people of Spanish or mixed Spanish and Indian race and of ordinary size. They have other children of ordinary size. Lucia is rather like a monkey; she is dark in complexion, and her features are of the Aztec type; but she is lively, quick, and intelligent, and speaks a few words of English. She has been known in the United States these ten years past. The young gentleman, who is called General Mite, was born Oct. 2, 1861, of American parents, in Shenandoah County, New York. He is a fair-haired, well-formed, intelligent, good-looking little fellow, with a great idea of dignity. It is stated that at birth he was 9 in. long, a mere "midget" at that he grew till he reached the age of eight years, since which time he has been stationary in size. He has been exhibited six years in America. The two little people are shown in company with two other dwarfs. Miss Jenny Quigley, of Glasgow, and Commodore Foot, a citizen of the United States, who are more than twice as big. We have preferred, however, to introduce into our illustration, by way of a comparative view, the well-known General Tom Thumb.

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Keywords: Frank Dadd; ic; General Mite; W.I. Mosses; Lucia Zarate