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  • An obese budgerigar.
  • Wall relief of an obese male
  • An obese man consulting a doctor. Coloured etching.
  • An obese woman walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An obese woman walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An obese woman walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Photos of obese man with Infantilism and thyroid disorder
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • An obese gouty man with his feet in buckets. Coloured aquatint.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • An obese man talking to a tall lean woman. Pen drawing, 1796.
  • An obese woman getting up off the ground: three series. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An obese woman getting up off the ground: three series. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An obese gouty man exclaiming angrily. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1806, after G. Sauley.
  • An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. Coloured lithograph by T. Rowlandson.
  • A tall lean woman having a discussion with an obese man. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • A doctor recommending a specific diet to his obese patient's servant. Wood engraving by G. Browne, 1899.
  • A doctor reprimanding an obese patient for not taking his medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1797.
  • An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
  • An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
  • An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
  • A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Dionysius of Heraclea, an obese man applying leeches to his arms in order to lose weight. Reproduction of a woodcut.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.