Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker.

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Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (King's Arms in Newgate Street) : J. Hinton,

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 16.2 x 9.9 cm

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/90/100

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Mr. Jacob Powell, butcher, of Stebbing in Essex; died Oct. 6th. 1754, aged 37, weighed near 40 stone. A. Walker sc.

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Wellcome Collection 1763i

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