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  • Thomas Hills Everett, an enormous infant. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • A doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
  • Extraordinary exhibition! : Cosmorama Rooms, 209, Regent Street : the greatest lady in the world! A rival to the celebrated Daniel Lambert ... Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11lbs, or 445 pounds.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Paul Butterbrodt, a man weighing 476 pounds. Engraving.
  • Miss Rosie : weight 36 stone.
  • Mrs. Hopwell.
  • Paul Butterbrodt, a man weighing 476 pounds. Engraving.
  • Hercules, a very large child. Aquatint by T. Cartwright, 1815, after E. Pugh.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • Edward Bright, a man weighing forty three and a half stone. Line engraving by R. Graves.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Donde vá mamà?.
  • Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.
  • A tall lean woman having a discussion with an obese man. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • Theresia Fischer, a girl weighing 151lb. Coloured engraving, 1815.
  • Hormotone : for amenhorrhea - scanty menstruation associated with obesity and low metabolic rate.
  • S. Watson's Grand American Museum, 28 Oxford Street : Living curiosities from all parts of the world : Captain Alexander, the giant of giants... [etc.].
  • [Newspaper cutting about a 40 stone man, William Ball, known as John Bull who worked for the Colebrook-dale company of ironmasters. ].
  • Edward Bright, a man weighing forty three and a half stone. Engraving by Thornton, 1786.
  • [Folded leaflet about "the life and adventures of the gigantic family" of Queen's County, Ireland. Ann O'Neal is the eldest daughter (also known as Ann O'Neill in other publications). "Gigantic" appears to mean very fat].
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Mullett's exhibition of living wonders has just arrived in town : the English giant girl miss Emma Harrington, aged 9 years and 3 month ; weighs the amazing weight of 14 stone ...
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Donde vá mamà?.
  • Daniel Lambert contrasted with a thin woman seated on his knee. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.