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A man has to carry his overweight wife in a wheelbarrow up a steep mountain to the great amusement of onlookers. Etching.
Wellcome Collection

A man has to carry his overweight wife in a wheelbarrow up a steep mountain to the great amusement of onlookers. Etching.

1834

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Sketches by Seymour. I wou'd'nt like to shoot her exactly, but I've a blessed good mind to turn her out.

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