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Mr. Edwd. Bright late of Malden in Essex. Who died November 10, 1750. Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & 1/2 (14tt toye Stone) which is 609 pounds.
[after David Ogborne.]
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V. [Augsburg, Germany, c.1760.]
A fine & very rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 - 1767), mezzotinter and founder of a big publishing house in Augsburg, in collaboration with his son. This image was copied from the 1750 mezzotint by James McArdell after David Ogborne.
See Refs: 58382 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58383] £750.00
[after David Ogborne.]
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V. [Augsburg, Germany, c.1760.]
A fine & very rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 - 1767), mezzotinter and founder of a big publishing house in Augsburg, in collaboration with his son. This image was copied from the 1750 mezzotint by James McArdell after David Ogborne.
See Refs: 58382 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58383] £750.00
Mr. Daniel Lambert, Thirty-Six Years of Age, Weighs upwards of Fifty Stone (14 lbs to the Stone,) or Seven Hundred Pounds, Measures Three Yars Four Inches round the Body, and One Yars One Inch round the Leg, is Five Feet Eleven Inches in Height, and has No Blemish Whatever on any Part of his Body.
[London: John Fairburn, 1806.]
Coloured etching. Plate 200 x 280mm (7¾ x 11"), with letterpress, sheet 330 x 285mm (13 x 11¼"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, but platemark and description of Lambert complete.
A broadsheet portrait of Daniel Lambert (1770-1809), a gaol keeper who found fame for his vast bulk. It was issued with a sub-title 'Fairburn's Accurate Portraits of the Two most Corpulent Englishmen ever known...', with a similar portrait of Edward Bright.
Wellcome Collection 2348i. See Refs: 58382 & 58383 for Fat Men images.
[Ref: 58347] £380.00
[London: John Fairburn, 1806.]
Coloured etching. Plate 200 x 280mm (7¾ x 11"), with letterpress, sheet 330 x 285mm (13 x 11¼"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, but platemark and description of Lambert complete.
A broadsheet portrait of Daniel Lambert (1770-1809), a gaol keeper who found fame for his vast bulk. It was issued with a sub-title 'Fairburn's Accurate Portraits of the Two most Corpulent Englishmen ever known...', with a similar portrait of Edward Bright.
Wellcome Collection 2348i. See Refs: 58382 & 58383 for Fat Men images.
[Ref: 58347] £380.00
![[Antoine Paul] Pas Gracieux. du 1.er ballet. (M.r Paul.) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opéra, (Acad.e R.le de musique.)](jpegs/58493.jpg)
[Antoine Paul] Pas Gracieux. du 1.er ballet. (M.r Paul.) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opéra, (Acad.e R.le de musique.)
AG [monogram of Auguste Garneray] Lith de G. Engelmann.
[Paris, Martinet, 1822.]
Coloured lithograph. Framed, visible area 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of ballet dancer Antoine Paul (1798-1871, known as Mr Paul) in costume in the opera 'La lampe merveilleuse', the Aladdin story.
[Ref: 58493] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
AG [monogram of Auguste Garneray] Lith de G. Engelmann.
[Paris, Martinet, 1822.]
Coloured lithograph. Framed, visible area 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of ballet dancer Antoine Paul (1798-1871, known as Mr Paul) in costume in the opera 'La lampe merveilleuse', the Aladdin story.
[Ref: 58493] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Jacob Powell of Stebbing in Essex. Who died Oct.r 6th 1754 Aged 37 Years. He Weigd'h near 40 Stone.
J.J.Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[Augsburg, n.d. 1760.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A caricature portrait of a large man, removing his wig to mop the sweat from his brow. Little is known of Powell other than the details on this print, which suggest his enormous size was his claim to a brief moment of fame. The Haid family in Germany often copied earlier prints without acknowledgement, in this case a British print of c.1754.
See O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' p.106. See Refs: 58383 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58382] £750.00
J.J.Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[Augsburg, n.d. 1760.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A caricature portrait of a large man, removing his wig to mop the sweat from his brow. Little is known of Powell other than the details on this print, which suggest his enormous size was his claim to a brief moment of fame. The Haid family in Germany often copied earlier prints without acknowledgement, in this case a British print of c.1754.
See O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' p.106. See Refs: 58383 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58382] £750.00