Size Matters

In Georgian Britain, England’s ‘heaviest man’ became a celebrity, his likeness reproduced across an array of media.

Daniel Lambert by Benjamin Marshall, 1806. Leicester Museum & Art Gallery/Bridgeman Images.
Daniel Lambert by Benjamin Marshall, 1806. Leicester Museum & Art Gallery/Bridgeman Images.

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