Obesity.- Lambert (Daniel).- Williams (Charles) and others. Collection of 7 satirical prints featuring Daniel Lambert, including 'Mr Lambert in Miniature' [BM Satires 10634], two impressions of 'Fat and Lean' [BM 10632], 'The Two Greatest Men in England' [BM 10550], two Napoleonic satire featuring Lambert, 'Bone and Flesh or John Bull in Moderate Condition' and 'The English lamb⁂- and- the French tiger' [BM 10553], and two others, etchings and engravings, many with full hand-colouring, various sizes, all unframed, circa 1806 and slightly later; together with 12 further prints and broadsides of Lambert, all unframed, early 19th century and later (20)
⁂ Daniel Lambert (1770-1809) was an English gaol keeper and animal breeder from Leicester, famous for his unusually large size. In 1806, poverty forced Lambert to put himself on exhibition to raise money. In April 1806, he took up residence in London, charging spectators to enter his apartments to meet him. Visitors were impressed by his intelligence and personality, and visiting him became highly fashionable. After some months on public display, Lambert grew tired of exhibiting himself, and in September 1806, he returned, wealthy, to Leicester, where he bred sporting dogs [...] In June 1809, he died suddenly in Stamford, Lincolnshire. At the time of his death, he weighed 52 stone 11 pounds (739 lb; 335 kg), and his coffin required 112 square feet (10.4 square metres) of wood.
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