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5.
A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1798]
Call Number:
798.00.00.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bracelets, Courtship, Dogs, Dandies, French, Jewelry, Miniatures (Paintings), Obesity, Pendants (Jewelry), and Rings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]

6.
A North Britain's contrivance for the accommodation of his wife [graphic]

Creator:
Finucane, Mathias, active 1797-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 November 1797]
Call Number:
797.11.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the cobblestone street in front of an elegant house, a man in Scottish Highlander attire uses his back to hoist an obese woman into an awaiting carriage. The coachman stands beside him with a whip in hand; his nose is disfigured (syphilitic?).
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 25th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Clothing & dress, Scottish, Coach drivers, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A North Britain's contrivance for the accommodation of his wife [graphic]

7.
A bawd on her last legs [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1784]
Call Number:
Print10028
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat old woman leans back in an armchair, her left leg thrust forward. She pulls up her petticoat to display the bare leg, on which is a running sore, to an aged doctor (right), who bends over it, holding his spectacles to his eyes. Her desperate pl...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Skin, Diseases, Courtesans, Physicians, Candles, Eyeglasses, and Obesity
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A bawd on her last legs [graphic]

8.
A coronation stool [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 19 July 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 51. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face ... behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée ..., with monstrous ostrich feathers in her...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Fans (Accessories), Feathers, Handkerchiefs, Obesity, Sitting, and Stools
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A coronation stool [graphic].

9.
A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 19, 1821.
Call Number:
821.07.19.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face and an ambiguous grimace behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée, and bejewelled, with ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Fans (Accessories), Feathers, Handkerchiefs, Obesity, Sitting, and Stools
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].

10.
A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 19, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face and an ambiguous grimace behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée, and bejewelled, with ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Fans (Accessories), Feathers, Handkerchiefs, Obesity, Sitting, and Stools
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].

11.
A diver [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[6 April 1803]
Call Number:
Print00785
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A naked, bald, and grotesquely obese man stands on the tips of his toes about to plunge, or rather topple, into a bath, in which he admires, Narcissus-like, his own absurd reflection. He is poised on a platform projecting over the bath; behind him st...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 6, 1803, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Narcissus (Greek mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Public baths, Obesity, Therapeutic baths, Bathing, Nudes, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A diver [graphic]

13.
A divine in his glory!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 28, 1799.
Call Number:
799.05.28.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fat parson sits on a settee with a young courtesan on each knee
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Courtesans, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A divine in his glory!! [graphic]

14.
A duet [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 May 1792]
Call Number:
792.05.14.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man (left) dressed as a military officer, clasps the inflated petticoats of a thin woman who walks away from him, looking over her left shoulder, her hand raised in a negative gesture. She is much taller than her admirer, and shows a hide...
Alternative Title:
"Turn fair Clora, turn, ah cruel, turn again."
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A duet [graphic].

15.
A duet [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 May 1792]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man (left) dressed as a military officer, clasps the inflated petticoats of a thin woman who walks away from him, looking over her left shoulder, her hand raised in a negative gesture. She is much taller than her admirer, and shows a hide...
Alternative Title:
"Turn fair Clora, turn, ah cruel, turn again."
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Obesity
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A duet [graphic].

16.
A family piece [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1811]
Call Number:
Bunbury 811.12.15.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A portrait-painter painting a family group of a man and wife and their little boy. The group (right) is raised on a low semicircular platform, the couple sit on a high-backed settee without arms, the little boy on a stool in front of his mother. The ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Artists' materials, Doves, Easels, Families, Group portraits, Obesity, Wigs, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A family piece [graphic]

17.
A figure that appear'd in a Mazarine gown at the King of Denmarks masquerade ball [graphic]

Published / Created:
[not before 10 October 1768]
Call Number:
768.10.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the head...
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A figure that appear'd in a Mazarine gown at the King of Denmarks masquerade ball [graphic]

18.
A fishing party what great enjoyments rise 'from trivial things'". [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 June 1827]
Call Number:
827.06.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pushed by Knighton and pulled by Lady Conyngham, George IV, more corpulent than in other prints, walks in an ornate circular stand or support on castors (as used for toddling children, cf. British Museum satires no. 7497) towards Virginia Water (righ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 27th, 1827, by S.W. Fores, Pciadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Bonnets, Fishing & hunting gear, Mistresses, Obesity, Physicians, British, Pulling, Scepters, Medical equipment & supplies, and Traffic signs & signals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fishing party what great enjoyments rise 'from trivial things'". [graphic]

19.
A friendly visit to the dramatic manufactory, or, Preparations for next season [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 February 1804]
Call Number:
804.02.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheridan (l.) sits in an arm-chair at his writing-table, pen in hand. He slouches forward, peering at a large playbill in his left hand. 'Tom Hickathrift \ and the \ Giants \ a new Growlo Drama \ with \ Wittington \ and his \ Cat \ a Pur-letta \ in w...
Alternative Title:
Preparations for next season
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 6th, 1804 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Dogs and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A friendly visit to the dramatic manufactory, or, Preparations for next season [graphic].

20.
A general view of Old England [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 71. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a can...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
England, Richard, approximately 1750-1812
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Horses, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of Old England [graphic]

21.
A gloomy Day taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[November 1801]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 31. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A half length portrait of Matthew Day standing in profile to the right. He is very obese, wears round hat, long coat, tasselled Hessian boots, and holds a cane in his gloved hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1801 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Topic):
Obesity and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A gloomy Day taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]

22.
A great personage [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. May 25th, 1797 by Dighton, Charing Cross
Subject (Name):
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816
Subject (Topic):
Elephants and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A great personage [graphic]

23.
A kiss at the congress a legitimate embrace at Aix la Chapelle between Alexander the Great and

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 November 1818]
Call Number:
818.11.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Louis XVIII, grotesquely obese (left), and the Tsar kiss, their lips touching. Louis, whose head is much the larger, grasps the back of Alexander's head; the Tsar bends from the waist to reach beyond the King's paunch. Louis, with the gouty legs and ...
Alternative Title:
Political-dandies
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 18, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilli [sic] & 114 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, and Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822
Subject (Topic):
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, Heads of state, Kings, Summit meetings, Kissing, Obesity, and Dandies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A kiss at the congress a legitimate embrace at Aix la Chapelle between Alexander the Great and Louis the Large, & others of the dramatis persona. [graphic]

24.
A macarony alderman and his rib [graphic]

Creator:
Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
Published / Created:
20 June 1772.
Call Number:
772.06.20.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Macaroni alderman and his rib
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Obesity, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A macarony alderman and his rib [graphic]

26.
A meek-aroni hornpipe [graphic].

Published / Created:
May 24th, 1774.
Call Number:
774.05.24.01
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A portly man holding hat and stick standing full-face."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Meekaroni hornpipe
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Obesity and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meek-aroni hornpipe [graphic].

27.
A meek-aroni hornpipe [graphic].

Published / Created:
May 24th, 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A portly man holding hat and stick standing full-face."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Meekaroni hornpipe
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Obesity and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meek-aroni hornpipe [graphic].

28.
A midwife going to a labour [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 12 February 1811]
Call Number:
Print00191
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat elderly woman walks (left to right) over rough cobbles, in the teeth of a strong wind against a deluge of rain; her contour is global and fills the greater part of the design. She holds a lighted lantern and clutches a bottle of cordial and a b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Midwives, Obesity, Rain, Winds, Lanterns, Bottles, Chimney sweeps, and Watchmen
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A midwife going to a labour [graphic]

29.
A midwife going to a labour [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 12 February 1811]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat elderly woman walks (left to right) over rough cobbles, in the teeth of a strong wind against a deluge of rain; her contour is global and fills the greater part of the design. She holds a lighted lantern and clutches a bottle of cordial and a b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Midwives, Obesity, Rain, Winds, Lanterns, Bottles, Chimney sweeps, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A midwife going to a labour [graphic]

30.
A new mode of digestion [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1776]
Call Number:
776.00.00.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fat man, his wig turned upside down, sleeps in his chair, with a punch bowl, bottle and glass on the table by his elbow. Balanced on his enormous stomach is a see-saw, weighted down at the right by a diminutive boy and with a tiny girl seated on the...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs 23.1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Seesaws, Wigs, Tobacco pipes, Bowls (Tableware), Tableware, Interiors, Tables, Obesity, Eating & drinking, Sleeping, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new mode of digestion [graphic]

32.
A pair of Wirtembergs, or, The little Wiltshire dentist easing Faro's little daughter of the tooth

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 6, 1797.
Call Number:
797.07.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A pair of Wirtembergs, or, The little Wiltshire dentist easing Faro's little daughter of the tooth ache [graphic]

33.
A phantasmagoria, or, A review of old times [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 9th, 1803.
Call Number:
803.03.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A magician stands full face with uplifted sabre held over the heads of two figures from the past whom he has called up, and who stand within a magic circle. He displays them to their modern descendants, a tall stout Frenchman plainly dressed, wearing...
Alternative Title:
Review of old times
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Williamson, N. 20 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Magicians, Daggers & swords, Globes, Ethnic stereotypes, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A phantasmagoria, or, A review of old times [graphic]

34.
A piece of court furniture [graphic]

Creator:
Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 25, 1829.
Call Number:
829.05.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duchess of St. Albans, fat, flamboyant, moustached, and smiling, stands on a carpeted floor, a glove in one hand, three large feathers in her hair. Curious draperies decorate a deep border to her skirt, and are seemingly intended for money-bags. ...
Alternative Title:
Hugeous Duchess
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
Subject (Topic):
Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A piece of court furniture [graphic]

35.
A racket at a rout, or, Billingsgate removed to the west

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 June 1803]
Call Number:
803.06.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duchess of Gordon, a fat termagant, stands berating the Prince of Wales (right); she says: "You Lie you------donna I ken the fellow wha told you muckle bad O me." Lady Georgiana holds her mother's right arm, and turns away, covering her face with...
Alternative Title:
Billingsgate removed to the west
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 9th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bedford, Georgiana Gordon Russell, Duchess of, 1781-1853, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Quarreling, Princes, Intoxication, Miniatures (Paintings), Bottles, and Hand lenses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A racket at a rout, or, Billingsgate removed to the west

36.
A short ride in the Long Walk, or, The ponies posed!! [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 March 1824]
Call Number:
824.03.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George IV drives Lady Conyngham in a four-wheeled pony-chaise. He is chubbily obese, in loose trousers and braided jacket, wearing a cap poised on his naturalistic curls (cf. British Museum Satires no. 14637). He turns to the enormously corpulent lad...
Alternative Title:
Ponies posed
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 28, 1824, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic], London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Couples, Deer, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A short ride in the Long Walk, or, The ponies posed!! [graphic].

37.
A sketch at Brighton [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 May 1822]
Call Number:
Maidment H437 no. 1 Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene on the Steyne, with the Pavilion as a background, and (left) the sea, with cliffs. Lord Conyngham, with a hideous profile, walks (right to left) with a lady on each arm. On the left arm is Lady Conyngham, as broad as she is tall, looking over...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th May 1822 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Huntly, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 1799-1839, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Clothing & dress, Bonnets, Shawls, Coastlines, and Official residences
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sketch at Brighton [graphic].

39.
A sphere projecting against a plane [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1792 i.e. not before 1849]
Call Number:
792.01.03.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt, very thin, stands rigidly erect in profile to the right. Mrs. Hobart, immensely fat, completely fills a globe which stands on a rectangular platform on castors, and whose circumference rests against Pitt's post-like person. She looks up at him ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 3d. 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Euclid.
Subject (Topic):
Mathematics, Obesity, and Vehicles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sphere projecting against a plane [graphic].

40.
A tenth rejected, or, The dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1824]
Call Number:
824.04.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A farmyard scene, with a corner of the house on the left. A grossly fat and carbuncled parson on a quest for tithes encounters the farmer's wife, who runs towards him proffering an open bandbox, with a dangling lid inscribed 10th. A miniature hussar,...
Alternative Title:
Dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox
Dandified coxcomb in a bandbox
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 10th April 1824 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Clergy, England, Obesity, Boxes, Farms, Donkeys, Roosters, and Pitchforks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A tenth rejected, or, The dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox [graphic].

41.
A turtle eater drawn from the life. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[13 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.13.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A short obese man stands facing the viewer, his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. His wig and clothes are old-fashioned. He wears a short, fur-trimmed coat on top
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Febry. 13, 1772, by Wm. Tringham, under St. Dunstans Church, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Obesity and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A turtle eater drawn from the life. [graphic]

42.
A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 January 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 52. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mansel, Bishop of Bristol and Master of Trinity (from 1798), walks from left to right, and slightly towards the spectator, head in profile, and thrown back, his mortar-board in his left hand. His voluminous, inflated, and much convoluted gown covers ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 10th, 1810, by Dighton, 6 Charg. Cross
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Mansel, William Lort, 1753-1820
Subject (Topic):
Bishops, Clergy, College administrators, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].

43.
A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 1811.
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 76. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A caricature portrait of the Marquis of Buckingham (George Grenville Nugent Temple) walking in profile to the left. He wears military uniform with cocked hat and spurred Hessians, and is enormously obese, his sword-belt grotesquely clasped across his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839 and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813,
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].

44.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
Print10042
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

45.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

46.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

47.
Agamemnon a great general taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 January 1804]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 29. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A very obese man stands in profile to the right, his hands behind him with a meditative expression. He wears old-fashioned dress, with round, broad-brimmed hat, and buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Topic):
Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Agamemnon a great general taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]

48.
Agility and elegance [art original].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
Published / Created:
[1810?]
Call Number:
Drawings H437 no. 1 Box D128
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. A lanky man attempts to dance with a corpulent woman but steps on her dress hem in the process
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dance, Clumsiness, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Agility and elegance [art original].

49.
Ah! those happy days are fled forever [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1825]
Call Number:
825.00.00.10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple sit in two chairs, the man with his back to his wife is asleep with his hands resting on his large belly. The woman thin and with a forelorn look on her face sits in a large comfortable chair, looking out, her book at her side and a handkerc...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Distress, Marriage, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ah! those happy days are fled forever [graphic].

50.
Amusements des Anglais à Paris [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1814 and 1815]
Call Number:
814.11.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grossly obese John Bull and his lean and ugly wife, both wearing hats, sit on upright chairs, gormandizing. The man holds a whole chicken to his mouth, taking a huge bite. The woman (left) faces him, biting a large melon which she holds with both h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Amusements des Anglais à Paris [graphic].

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