M0010310: Portrait of Jacob Powell (d.1754) who died weighing almost 40 stone

Date:: 11 November 1947

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/90/100

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M00102002-M0010310WT/D/1/20/1/90
        M0010310: Portrait of Jacob Powell (d.1754) who died weighing almost 40 stoneWT/D/1/20/1/90/100

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M0010310: Portrait of Jacob Powell (d.1754) who died weighing almost 40 stone. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engrav

Description

Line engraving by A. Walker, c.1754. Related images: V0007268

Publication/Creation

11 November 1947

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 1763i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Subjects

Obesity

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