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The old sow in Distress, or the country parsons return from tithing, British Cartoon Print

The old sow in Distress, or the country parsons return from tithing, B...

Cartoon showing an obese parson on horseback, holding a pig and a chicken. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American Museum, New York 1849, weight 576 pounds

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American...

Gale, 4524 Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

D3810? U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The uncertainty of a sure thing. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 9007. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Libra... More

A swell gent - Drawing. Public domain image.

A swell gent - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1, 1916.

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American Museum, New York 1849, weight 576 pounds

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American...

Gale, 4524 Public domain photograph of portrait print, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico., British Cartoon Print

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...

A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More

Photograph--New York - Public domain portrait print

Photograph--New York - Public domain portrait print

Print shows fat woman with mouth open, half-length portrait, seated, facing right.

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Print shows "Milord Pouf", an overweight Englishman, being hoisted onto a horse by three men using ropes, pulleys (block and tackle), and a jack. The horse is looking fearfully wide-eyed at the pospect of succe... More

Dottie and Lottie. No pork chops for me dearie ... I had a customer today that looked the image of a fat pig ...

Dottie and Lottie. No pork chops for me dearie ... I had a customer to...

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Exercising the mounts / Frank A. Nankivell 1907.

Exercising the mounts / Frank A. Nankivell 1907.

Illustration shows a bloated William Jennings Bryan with a paper extending from a pocket labeled "Membership Fat Man's Club. W.J. Bryan", riding a diminutive Democratic donkey and William H. Taft riding a dimin... More

[Fat cook stirring a pot] - Public domain book illustration

[Fat cook stirring a pot] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Puck magazine cover - Our national dime museum / Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Our national dime museum / Keppler.

Print shows a bloated Civil War veteran sitting on a chair beneath a sign that states "How the Fatman has grown. Number of Pensioners over 30 Years After the Close of the War 976,014. Number in waiting 200,000"... More

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

Cartoon showing Richard "Boss" Croker as an obese balloon-like man, wearing ribbon "Kansas City Convention", being attacked from behind by a man "Hill" with a spear "N.Y. State Democracy". Illus. in: Puck, v. 4... More

Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British Cartoon Print

Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British...

"A W.L. figure standing towards the left looking over his left shoulder. He is stout with an enormously protruding stomach..." (Source: George) V. 2. 22. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in... More

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American Museum, New York 1849, weight 576 pounds

Miss Susan Barton: the mammoth lady, as exhibited at Barnum's American...

Gale, 4524 Public domain photograph of portrait print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico., British Cartoon Print

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...

A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

D3810? U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The uncertainty of a sure thing. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 9007. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Libra... More

Pharoah's fat kine - pharoah's lean kine / IC., British Cartoon Print

Pharoah's fat kine - pharoah's lean kine / IC., British Cartoon Print

Print shows, on the left, in England, two corpulent, jovial men and an equally rotund woman providing them with drink, possibly sherry, and on the right, in France, two listless, thin, bony women sitting on sof... More

Zones (old style) ; zones (new style)

Zones (old style) ; zones (new style)

Both images in same frame; old style zones at left. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: This Giddy Globe / Peter... More

The girth of a nation Nelson Harding

The girth of a nation Nelson Harding

Cartoon shows a young eagle that has fallen on the ground next to a hat labeled "U.S. Aerial Service." Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.