The greatest wonder of the world, now exhibiting facing the cattle show, 29, King Street, Portman Square : William Ball, alias John Bull, the English Hercules, weighing over forty stone! Born at Herschay, Shropshire, July 8 1795 ...

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Credit: The greatest wonder of the world, now exhibiting facing the cattle show, 29, King Street, Portman Square : William Ball, alias John Bull, the English Hercules, weighing over forty stone! Born at Herschay, Shropshire, July 8 1795 ... Source: Wellcome Collection.