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Mr. Jennings, Tasmania: the overweight man seated on two dining chairs. Photograph, 1880/1890.
Wellcome Collection

Mr. Jennings, Tasmania: the overweight man seated on two dining chairs. Photograph, 1880/1890.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Mr. Jennings of Hobart Town, Tasmania, aged 60 years, weighed 38 stone. Bears accession number: PHO 7465.

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