Stoutness Collection

Advertisement for slimming pills
5311979 Advertisement for slimming pills; (add.info.: Advertisement for slimming pills. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved)
7485457 Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved); (add.info.: Chinese Budai (Bu-Tai): god of contentment in Asia

Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill, 19th century
5308587 Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting and elderly and overweight man walking up a steep hill)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220469 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220341 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Women making 'working men's dinners' in a large cauldron, whilst a fat wealthy man looking
5615909 Women making 'working men's dinners' in a large cauldron, whilst a fat wealthy man looking on. 1863 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print)
7419946 Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print); (add.info.: Daniel Lambert, 1770 - 1809. English. In his youth Lambert was a keen sportsman and outdoorsman)

The lack of comfort on railway transport
5308182 The lack of comfort on railway transport.; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the lack of comfort on railway transport - a skinny gentleman is squashed between other fat passengers)

Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony, 19th century
5309060 Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony)

Bogus butter-making (print)
7419967 Bogus butter-making (print); (add.info.: Pedestrians react to the stink of a cart containing animal fat used by bogus butter-making in 19th century United States)

Henry VIII of England, 1549 (engraving)
7341618 Henry VIII of England, 1549 (engraving) by Massys, Cornelis (1508-80); 17.7x12.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving)
5616343 An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. 1/1/1845 (engraving)
5616025 An overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. 1/1/1845 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850
3478294 A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a martyr to gout adding to his affliction. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt
3585996 The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt)

An overweight maid opening the front door
5616280 An overweight maid opening the front door; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. Dated 19th Century)

An overweight maid opening the front door
5616386 An overweight maid opening the front door; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an overweight maid opening the front door of the house she works in. Dated 19th Century)

Cartoon commenting on William Banting's cure for obesity which excluded fats and carbohydrates
5308717 Cartoon commenting on William Banting's cure for obesity which excluded fats and carbohydrates; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on William Banting's cure for obesity which excluded)

Engraving depicting the prize pigs at the Christmas fatstock show, London, 19th century
5308671 Engraving depicting the prize pigs at the Christmas fatstock show, London, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the prize pigs at the Christmas fatstock show, London)

Engraving depicting the unloading of a fat pig, which will take part in the Christmas fatstock show, London
5308721 Engraving depicting the unloading of a fat pig, which will take part in the Christmas fatstock show, London, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the unloading of a fat pig)

Cartoon depicting a wealthy man enjoying an indulgent meal, 19th century
5308686 Cartoon depicting a wealthy man enjoying an indulgent meal, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a wealthy man enjoying an indulgent meal)

Advertisement for slimming pills
5311981 Advertisement for slimming pills; (add.info.: Advertisement for slimming pills. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A man eating food on production line, 1850
3478435 A man eating food on production line, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the uncomfortable results of gluttony. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A drunken man on horseback, 1850
3478401 A drunken man on horseback, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a drunken, obese, man on horseback in a stream. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Man and woman in a restaurant with a glutton. He says, But you don't eat
FLO4691356 Man and woman in a restaurant with a glutton. He says, But you don't eat? He thinks, He inhales! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist

Advertisement for Allan's Anti-Fat - which claimed to be of one hundred per cent vegetable origin
5308915 Advertisement for Allan's Anti-Fat - which claimed to be of one hundred per cent vegetable origin and completely safe

A school teacher. 1834 (engraving)
7147157 A school teacher. 1834 (engraving) by Crepon, L. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A school teacher. Song by Pierre Jean de Beranger ( 1780-1857 ) Design by L

The Good Pope: Time, 1836 (illustration)
7485453 The Good Pope: Time, 1836 (illustration) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); (add.info.: Le Bon Pape: Le Temps)

gut9988
PCT5643286 gut9988; (add.info.: Poids, surpoids, embonpoint, kilos en trop, obesite - pesee d'un gros homme sur une balance agricole - illustration de Frederic Theodore Lix (1830-1897)

The Dining Gentleman, c.1770-1959 (print)
3671823 The Dining Gentleman, c.1770-1959 (print) by Firth, Hall & Pond (1833-1847); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info)

Portrait of a master builder (Crates), 1650, (oil on canvas)
7129439 Portrait of a master builder (Crates), 1650, (oil on canvas) by Giordano, Luca (1634-1705); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

The feast of the rich man, 17th century (painting)
7129443 The feast of the rich man, 17th century (painting) by Preti, Mattia (Il Calabrese) (1613-99); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: The feast of the rich man)

BONAPARTE 0N ST HELENA, 1817 (engraving)
7262232 BONAPARTE 0N ST HELENA, 1817 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info)

Fishmonger (colour litho)
7151152 Fishmonger (colour litho) by Carter, Reg (1886-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

And passengers will pay according to their weights; thus this fat gentleman will pay as much as a whole family
7181028 And passengers will pay according to their weights; thus this fat gentleman will pay as much as a whole family (colour litho) by Echau

Newspaper people par Georg Scholz (1890-1945), 1921 - Watercolour on cardboard - Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
FIA5402653 Newspaper people par Georg Scholz (1890-1945), 1921 - Watercolour on cardboard - Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern by Scholz, Georg (1890-1945); Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserlautern

Illustration by Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553): the ogre at the table is eating his meal
XEE4177325 Illustration by Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553): the ogre at the table is eating his meal. Engraving of 1914 by Emmanuel Blanche (1880-1946) Private collection

Illustration of Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553), c. 1915 (lithograph)
5996229 Illustration of Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553), c.1915 (lithograph) by Blanche, Emmanuel (1880-1946); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pantagruel)

Portrait de Vasily Ivanovich Likhachev (?). Peinture de Ermolay Dementyevich Kamezhenkov (1760-1818), huile sur toile
FIA5380629 Portrait de Vasily Ivanovich Likhachev (?). Peinture de Ermolay Dementyevich Kamezhenkov (1760-1818), huile sur toile, 1791. Art russe, 18e siecle

Illustration of Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553), c. 1915 (lithograph)
CHT207451 Illustration of Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais (1493-1553), c.1915 (lithograph) by Blanche, Emmanuel (1880-1946); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mr Pickwick welcomes the Christmas guests (litho)
7186881 Mr Pickwick welcomes the Christmas guests (litho) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Pickwick welcomes the Christmas guests)

A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach. 1831 (engraving)
7234804 A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach)

Obese middle-aged man attempting to mount a horse. 1831 (engraving)
7234776 Obese middle-aged man attempting to mount a horse. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Y. YYankee
6523716 Y. YYankee by Henreaux, Lucien L. (pseudonym LSH) (active 1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: in " Silhouettes -- Alphabet. Publisher unknown, 1904 (legal depot BNF)

"La sortie de la messe": deux femmes examinant le ventre d un cure a la sortie d une eglise
AIS5373349 " La sortie de la messe" : deux femmes examinant le ventre d un cure a la sortie d une eglise. Peinture de Jose Denis Belgrano (1844-1917), 2eme moitie du 19eme siecle

Costume preparatoire masculin pour l opera bouffe "La Belle Helene"de Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
FIA5353628 Costume preparatoire masculin pour l opera bouffe " La Belle Helene" de Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) - (Costume design for the operetta La Belle Helene by J Offenbach)

Maids offer the days catch of fish and lobster to a gourmet. 1831 (engraving)
7234808 Maids offer the days catch of fish and lobster to a gourmet.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Exploring the Historical Perspectives on Stoutness: From Art to Advertising" In 1898, Trilene Tablets promised a revolutionary weight loss solution in their captivating advert. As we delve into the world of stoutness, let us embark on a journey through various artworks and illustrations that shed light on this timeless topic. A portrait from 1650 titled "Portrait of a Master Builder (Crates)" captures the essence with its oil-painted depiction. The subject's robust figure hints at an era where ample girth was associated with prosperity and success. Moving forward to the 17th century, "The Feast of the Rich Man" painting portrays opulence and indulgence. Here, stoutness is celebrated as a symbol of wealth and abundance, reflecting societal values prevalent during that time. An intriguing color lithograph titled "The Way to a Man's Heart is Through His Stomach" emphasizes the connection between food and affection. This age-old saying suggests that culinary delights can lead not only to love but also potentially contribute to stoutness if not approached mindfully. In an amusing color lithograph depicting passengers paying according to their weights, we witness how excess weight becomes synonymous with financial burden. Even in transportation systems, stout individuals were subjected to additional charges due to their size. Georg Scholz's watercolor artwork from 1921 called "Newspaper People" provides insight into media portrayal of stout individuals during that period. It prompts contemplation about society's perception towards body image and how it influenced public opinion. Illustrations by Emmanuel Blanche (1914) and Francois Rabelais (c. 1915) showcase scenes from Pantagruel’s adventures—a literary work exploring themes such as gluttony and excessiveness. These engravings highlight historical perspectives on stoutness while inviting critical analysis regarding societal attitudes towards overindulgence.