The fat woman of bmsat 6138 struggles to get through posts which frame an opening in a low wooden rail or barrier in st. George's fields. A beau (right), almost identical with the man who is pulling her through in bmsat 6138, leans on one elbow on the near side of the rail. Behind him, on the farther side of the rail, a fat citizen looks at her through a single eyeglass. She holds a closed fan in her right hand. A spaniel barks at her. In the middle distance (left) two men are laughing together; one carries on his head a large corded trunk. In the distance are the buildings of saint george's spa, the name engraved on the façade. A large tree (right) extends its branches across the upper part of the design. In the distance (right) are trees behind a ramshackle paling, extending to the buildings of the 'spa'. 1784
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1783. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Labour in Vain - or, Fatty in Distress (BM 1935,0522.1.54)
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