Mr Edward Bright late of Maldon in the County of Essex Aged 29 YearsHe was an emminent Shopkeeper of that Town & suppos'd to be the largest Man living or perhaps that ever lived in this Island [...]
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London] [c.1750]
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image; title and text below image has been cut into six sections and collaged onto image, obscuring publication line lower right; glued to backing sheet.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. The text to this print describes how in 1750 two men bet on whether five adult men could fit into Bright's waistcoat without damaging it. A related print published by Bowles (BM Satires 3084) depicts this scene, with no less than seven men fastened inside the waistcoat!
For another portrait of Bright see ref.41178.
[Ref: 47335] £140.00
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image; title and text below image has been cut into six sections and collaged onto image, obscuring publication line lower right; glued to backing sheet.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. The text to this print describes how in 1750 two men bet on whether five adult men could fit into Bright's waistcoat without damaging it. A related print published by Bowles (BM Satires 3084) depicts this scene, with no less than seven men fastened inside the waistcoat!
For another portrait of Bright see ref.41178.
[Ref: 47335] £140.00