Samuel McDonald or Big Sam, sergeant in the Sutherland Fencibles. To earn money, he sometimes exhibited himself in drag as the Remarkably Tall Woman. 6 feet 10 inches. For contrast, he has been depicted with the small singer Geordie Cranstoun. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

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