M0010307: Portrait of William Ball (1795-1852), "the Shropshire Giant"

Date:
11 November 1947
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/90/97
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Credit

M0010307: Portrait of William Ball (1795-1852), "the Shropshire Giant". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced February 2021: William Ball, a man weighing forty stone. Colour lithograph.

Description

Colour lithograph by T. Gardner of William "Billy" Ball (1795-1852) English iron puddler who weighed over 40 stone. Related images: V0006972

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: 147i

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.

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