Obese Collection

Russian - Zascha The Colossal Woman
Zascha - The Colossal Woman from Russia Date: circa 1910s

Fat Lucy Moore
Lucy Moore, the American Fat Girl, weighs 292 kg (46 stone) and is still growing. Where will it end ?

John Bull taking Luncheon or British Cooks cramming Old Grumble Gizzard with Bonne Chere
2966820 John Bull taking Luncheon or British Cooks cramming Old Grumble Gizzard with Bonne Chere, pub 1798 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray

The Fat Boy of Peckham and his father
John Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944), known as the Fat Boy of Peckham appearing with his father on the front cover of The Tatler magazine in 1903 when he was aged five

Sumo wrestler competing, Grand Taikai Sumo Wrestling Tournament, Kokugikan Hall Stadium, Ryogoku district, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Champion Beer Drinker
A German champion beer drinker downs a huge tankard of beer!

Sumo wrestlers practising, Tokyo City, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Picture No. 10984235
Cat - fat cat with bowler hat bow tie & cigar outside the Bank of England - London - UK Digital Manipulation Date:

The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter Bruegh
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Maurice Pluthero, the fat boy of Petersham. 11 November 1916

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Obese fat man tries to dive into swimming pool next to small boy. Circa 1980

Dropsy Courting Consumption, October 25, 1810. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Dropsy Courting Consumption, October 25, 1810

A whist-er at Boodles - or a choice peice [sic] of double milled Yorkshire broad cloth, 1820. A very obese man in profile is about to step into Boodles club, Pall Mall

Playing in Parts, etched by James Gillray (1757-1815) published by Hannah Humphrey in
NCO191733 Playing in Parts, etched by James Gillray (1757-1815) published by Hannah Humphrey in 1801 (hand-coloured etching) by North

A Pig in a Poke, Whist, Whist, pub. 1788 (hand coloured engraving)
2962489 A Pig in a Poke, Whist, Whist, pub. 1788 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

A Sphere projecting against a Plane, pub. 1792 (hand coloured engraving)
3025378 A Sphere projecting against a Plane, pub. 1792 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806); Albinia

A Pauper and a Fat Rich Man (engraving)
5234070 A Pauper and a Fat Rich Man (engraving) by Collier, John (Tim Bobbin) (1708-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Pauper and a Fat Rich Man)

Portrait of a Man (oil on canvas)
XIR154643 Portrait of a Man (oil on canvas) by Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678); Louvre, Paris, France; Flemish, out of copyright

Overweight woman in a tight fitting shirt standing holding a stick of celery.

Fat Man Fat Man

Overweight girl with burger lying on sofa at home

Comic postcard, Couple riding tandem on a country lane Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman sitting on man on beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman riding a donkey on the beach Date: 20th century

c. 1920s - Madame Alice fat lady performer
Picture captioned Madame Alice - possibly Alice Dunbar, nicknamed Alice from Dallas who worked for Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey for nearly 20 years

Demis Roussos November 1977 Perched on his mink covered bed which cost 30, 000 wearing Kaftan with Wife Canopied Four postered bed

Singer Laura Devon. January 1975 75-00445-002

Picture No. 12479617
Fat Robin wearing Christmas hat, JOY Fat Robin Date:

Caricature satirising the relationship of Charles James Fox and Elizabeth Armistead
XCF306885 Caricature satirising the relationship of Charles James Fox and Elizabeth Armistead (hand-coloured engraving) by English School

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 20, For Obesity, Indigestion, etc (b/w photo)
8658440 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 20, For Obesity, Indigestion, etc (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Physical Culture)

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 14, For Obesity (b/w photo)
8658435 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 14, For Obesity (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 14, For Obesity)

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 12, For Obesity (b/w photo)
8658432 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 12, For Obesity (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 12, For Obesity)

Skimming stock for soup (b/w photo)
8657683 Skimming stock for soup (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Skimming stock for soup)

The dream to be slim, c.1930 (illustration)
8698345 The dream to be slim, c.1930 (illustration); (add.info.: Society. Lifestyle. Overweight woman looking slim in the mirror. Caricature, France, ca 1930.); © Archives Charmet

Advertisement for slimming pills
5311979 Advertisement for slimming pills; (add.info.: Advertisement for slimming pills. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved)
7485457 Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved); (add.info.: Chinese Budai (Bu-Tai): god of contentment in Asia

Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill, 19th century
5308587 Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill)

There was an Old Person of Dean, who dined on one Pea and one Bean (coloured engraving)
8634367 There was an Old Person of Dean, who dined on one Pea and one Bean (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an Old Person of Dean)

Men pushing a fat man in the gymnasium (colour litho)
8656753 Men pushing a fat man in the gymnasium (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men pushing a fat man in the gymnasium)

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 11, For Obesity (b/w photo)
8658437 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 11, For Obesity (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 11, For Obesity)

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 13, For Obesity (b/w photo)
8658434 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 13, For Obesity (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 13, For Obesity)

Come just as you are to Yarmouth (colour litho)
8635543 Come just as you are to Yarmouth (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come just as you are to Yarmouth)

Poor relation pays an afternoon call (colour litho)
8635668 Poor relation pays an afternoon call (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poor relation pays an afternoon call)

Emperor of India (b/w photo)
8655923 Emperor of India (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emperor of India. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Couple slipping on grease and falling into the water (colour litho)
8656721 Couple slipping on grease and falling into the water (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Couple slipping on grease and falling into the water)

May you be full of good things this Xmas (colour litho)
8656568 May you be full of good things this Xmas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "May you be full of good things this Xmas." Fat man)

Art in Whitechapel (litho)
8663022 Art in Whitechapel (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Art in Whitechapel. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

The law and the profits (litho)
8663494 The law and the profits (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Law and the Profits)

Phil May sketch (colour litho)
8635968 Phil May sketch (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: One of the set of Phil May Sketches, issued by Fry's Chocolates in c.1905.); © Look and Learn

I can't think how I missed you (colour litho)
8677204 I can't think how I missed you (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: I can't think how I missed you. Duel between a fat man and a skinny man)

Perhaps one of these days you will look round (colour litho)
8677202 Perhaps one of these days you will look round (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perhaps one of these days you will look round)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220469 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214981 Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220341 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Women making working men's dinners in a large cauldron, whilst a fat wealthy man looking on. 1863 (engraving)
5615909 Women making working men's dinners in a large cauldron, whilst a fat wealthy man looking on. 1863 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print)
7419946 Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print); (add.info.: Daniel Lambert, 1770 - 1809. English. In his youth Lambert was a keen sportsman and outdoorsman)

The lack of comfort on railway transport
5308182 The lack of comfort on railway transport.; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the lack of comfort on railway transport - a skinny gentleman is squashed between other fat passengers)

Phil May sketch (colour litho)
8635939 Phil May sketch (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: One of the set of Phil May Sketches, issued by Fry's Chocolates in c.1905.); © Look and Learn

A few cast off clothes (colour litho)
8635666 A few cast off clothes (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: A few cast off clothes. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

I wish I were as hungry as you, Tommy (colour litho)
8656399 I wish I were as hungry as you, Tommy (colour litho) by Lewin, Frederick George (1861-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I wish I were as hungry as you)

Large woman in her bathing costume (colour litho)
8656623 Large woman in her bathing costume (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Large woman in her bathing costume)

Overweight man sweating (colour litho)
8656582 Overweight man sweating (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Overweight man sweating. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Look what the seaside has done for me! (colour litho)
8656554 Look what the seaside has done for me! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Look what the seaside has done for me)

Fat Men's Club on the Rue de la Folie Mericourt, Paris (b/w photo)
8664242 Fat Men's Club on the Rue de la Folie Mericourt, Paris (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fat and proud of it)

Rubbing fat into flour (b/w photo)
8657680 Rubbing fat into flour (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rubbing fat into flour)

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 23, For Obesity, Constipation Indigestion and Weak Abdominal Parts
8658445 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 23, For Obesity, Constipation Indigestion and Weak Abdominal Parts, An Advance Movement on Exercise 16 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 19, For Obesity, Indigestion, Constipation, etc (b/w photo)
8658443 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 19, For Obesity, Indigestion, Constipation, etc (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 16, For Obesity, Constipation, Indigestion and Weak Abdominal Parts (b/w photo)
8658436 Ideal Physical Culture, Exercise No 16, For Obesity, Constipation, Indigestion and Weak Abdominal Parts (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Advertisement for Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, Horse exercise at home, c.1895 (colour litho)
8634542 Advertisement for Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, Horse exercise at home, c.1895 (colour litho) by English School

A big order (litho)
8663000 A big order (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: A big order. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn

Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony, 19th century
5309060 Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony)

Bogus butter-making (print)
7419967 Bogus butter-making (print); (add.info.: Pedestrians react to the stink of a cart containing animal fat used by bogus butter-making in 19th century United States)

Henry VIII of England, 1549 (engraving)
7341618 Henry VIII of England, 1549 (engraving) by Massys, Cornelis (1508-80); 17.7x12.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving)
5616343 An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

An overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. 1/1/1845 (engraving)
5616025 An overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. 1/1/1845 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

O: a fat monk (Obesus monachus) - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving)
DUV4222016 O: a fat monk (Obesus monachus) - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving); 8x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawing by H)

A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850
3478294 A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a martyr to gout adding to his affliction. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt
3585996 The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt)

Pa Takes a Header, Sea side pleasures (colour litho)
8621715 Pa Takes a Header, Sea side pleasures (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pa Takes a Header, Sea side pleasures)

Kissing couple (chromolitho)
8635600 Kissing couple (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kissing couple. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

How's yer little Mary (colour litho)
8656601 How's yer little Mary (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "How's yer little Mary." Fat man smoking)

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"Embracing the Weighty World: A Glimpse into the Realm of Obesity" In a whimsical scene, John Bull takes Luncheon while British Cooks cram Old Grumble Gizzard with Bonne Chere. The Fat Boy of Peckham and his father stand side by side, their figures telling tales of indulgence and excess. Meanwhile, Sumo wrestlers compete fiercely in an ancient tradition that celebrates size and strength. Enter Fat Lucy Moore, who defies societal norms with her confidence and charm. She challenges stereotypes as a Champion Beer Drinker, proving that weight does not define one's abilities or worth. Witness Sumo wrestlers practicing diligently to master their craft, showcasing discipline amidst their impressive physiques. An engraving captures the stark contrast between a Pauper and a Fat Rich Man – highlighting how wealth can sometimes manifest itself in physical form. Pieter Brueghel's masterpiece "The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide" transports us to 16th-century festivities where food becomes both temptation and celebration. Picture No. 10984235 unveils Zascha The Colossal Woman from Russia, captivating audiences with her sheer magnitude. In a comic postcard from the 20th century, an enormous man finds solace in the sea alongside a woman who appreciates him for more than just his size. As we delve deeper into history, Hannah Humphrey's publication "The Twin Stars" introduces Castor and Pollux – celestial beings whose brilliance shines regardless of earthly dimensions. These glimpses into the world of obesity remind us that appearances can be deceiving; they challenge our preconceived notions about beauty standards and prompt introspection on society's perception of body image. Let us embrace diversity in all its forms as we navigate this complex tapestry called life.