Daniel Lambert who according to the caption weighed 739 pounds and died at the age of 40, sits on a sofa in a simply, but well-appointed room. He is fashionably dressed and his hat sits on the table beside the settee
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Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The end of the stock-world., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Traces of earlier text burnished from plate visible at bottom center of image., Sixteen lines of verse in six columns in Dutch below the image: Wie dat verwaand te hoog wil vliegen ..., Plate 16 in: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark in the left part of sheet.
Title from caption above engraved text., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Vrouw fama, bézig met de meerman te bekranssen ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: South Sea Bubble -- Mythology: mermen -- Mercury -- Holland as as windmill -- Neptune -- Mermaids., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part.
Caption title from poem inscribed below image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Chevalier of the Golden Calf, or, Captain of the early and late time of slaughtering in procession to the Oracle of Delphos., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse below title: 'k Schoot menig vogel mis, 'k heb ook schaars wild gevangen ..., Plate 67 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... . [Netherlands?], 1720, v.1., Mounted to 45 x 35 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The defeated stock-jobber seated in the chair with jingles, having been ridden over by the laureated horse of Troy., Four columns of verse below image: 1. Helaas! de Zuid! de Zuid! ..., Plate 38 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The Babel Tower of the confused stock jobbers., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: 1. Zie Lauw in 't reek'nen uitgeleerd ..., and Plate 57 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Plate with image is impressed above the plate with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: Hier zieje klaar voor d'Actionisten vianens tolpoort afgebeelt ..., Plates numbered 39 in: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in the lower part of sheet, countermark N in the upper part.
Windvangers, die door wind, verliezen geld en goed, bederven vrouw en kind
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Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The wind buyers, or, wind catchers who, for wind, lose money and goods and ruin their wives and children., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below image: Gy die in bubbels, bank en zuid, uw geld, verstand, en tyd verbruit ..., Plate 15 in: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Watermark., and Mounted to 44 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below title: Nu de Actieramp heeft uytgerwoet ..., Plate 79 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: countermark WVB .
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The South Sea Company, having risen to the top by wind, now laments her loss with a rueful aspect., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate with image is impressed above a second plate (plate mark 15.7 x 30.5 cm) with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: De bange Zuidzé Compagnie, Met 't Vrouwebeeld[j?]en aangewézen ..., Plates 39 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part.
