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

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

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

11 November 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 147i

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.

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