Portly Collection

DRUNK MONK
A portly monk with a moustache smiles to himself as he prepares to drink a glass of wine or a similar tipple

Santa Rings in Xmas
Santa Ringing in the air. A portly santa is hoisted into the air as he rings the church bells

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Portrait of Augusta Lowther, Lady Lonsdale
Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Portly spider crab or notched libinia, Libinia emarginata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Two gentlemen composers in a music room before a piano, 19th century. The portly man says, I d give three operas to have created your romance

Woman meeting a portly dandy in a parlour with large mirror and sofa. Charmed to meet you! (What an oaf!) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer

W Burns Esq of Edinburgh by H. L. Oakley
Silhouette portrait of a portly, bearded man, W Burns of Edinburgh, wearing a trilby or homburg hat and carrying a walking cane. Date: circa 1920

SKATING, REGENTS CANAL 1854
Skating on the frozen Regents Canal, in Regents Park, London : boys have set up a slide on which a portly gentleman has come a cropper, also losing his topper. Date: 1854

A portly gentleman on the ice is aided by a young lad
A rather wobbly and rather portly gentleman on the ice is aided (propped-up) by a young lad. The card is accompanied by a quote from King John, a history play by William Shakespeare

A portly lady is laced into her corset by her maid Date: 1921

The Dog Days - Rene Vincent
The Dog Days A Fashionable Older man in formal evening dress and stylish woman in lightweight attire exchange greetings on a boiling hot summers day. Date: 1923

Fat Lady Diving / 1820
A large lady diving naked into the sea from a bathing machine on the beach

Aunt Babsie as a lion-tamer - failing miserably
Aunt Babsie runs away from a lion rearing up on his hind legs - she is a complete failure as a circus lion-tamer! Date: 1923

The Belle of the Beach - Keszthely, Lake Balaton, Hungary
Belle of the beach - A Bellboy of the Hullam Szallo Hotel provides shade for a very wealthy rather rotund female guest, promenading with her pet Scottie dog (Scottish Terrier) along the Strand (Beach)

German Nobles C14Th
Hood-turbans, fur-lined & trimmed houppelande with bagpipe sleeves, a voluminous garment cape-like in shape but belted & worn over a gipon (the buttoned sleeves visible) Date: 14th century

Charles Dibdin, English Writer
Charles Dibdin senior (1745-1814), an English dramatist, actor and composer. Date: circa 1810

Our Growing Army by H. M. Bateman
Our Growing Army - No, not the LIGHT infantry. A humorous cartoon showing a group of portly soldiers by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1915

G K Chesterton - English writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) - English writer. Date: 1926

Silhouette of Mr Thomas, Llandudno
Silhouette of Mr Thomas, H.L. Oakleys host at Llandudno. Date: 20th century

Charles Hay
CHARLES HAY Well-fed citizen of Edinburgh Date: CIRCA 1806

Keep Fit - Running for the Train
Keep Fit - Take a walk every morning! Three portly city gent having to scramble to make their morning train into the city. Date: 1943

Rotund and Imposing Waiter at Chez Julians Date: 1895

The Two Macs - a theatrical comedy act of the London Variety theatres of the late Victorian age. Date: circa 1895

Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence
A Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence, wearing her top hat at a jaunty angle a he heads off to the Casino after a significant dinner !! Date: 1893

A Gentleman of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: 1892

A portly Landowner enjoying a puff. Date: 1895

A Millionaire, drawing the attention of a pretty girl. I wonder if money is indeed her best friend...! Date: 1895

Irony - fat Londoner begs for money for his starving family
A rather fat Londoner begs for " a copper" for his " starving wife and family at ome" fom a smart gent (Phil May himself - clearly seeing the ludicrous side of the request!)

John Bull at Wembley, a man swings on a suspended platform with a bull dog at his feet Date: C.20th Century

German couple bathing in a pool
To enable Fritz and Frau to cool their portly persons -- a plump German couple bathing in a swimming pool, watched by two slimmer people sitting on a diving board

Music at home, 1883
A lady plays the piano by candlelight, whilst a portly gentleman with a monocle sings along. 1883

Clerk Appointed
A young man is appointed as clerk, filling the post of his deceased father. Date: 1870

Hero Worship - postcard by Lawson Wood
Hero Worship - a postcard by Lawson Wood showing a housewife doting on her portly husband (bursting out of his uniform), having served him a meal and provided him with an ale and a comfy chair

Turkish Delight
A rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground

Woman with her Camera
A portly middle-aged woman with her camera in the street, possibly looking around for something to photograph

Drews Corset
Drews A la Grecque corset combined with supporter over hip and stomach reduces the most portly figure to the standard of Beauty and Fashion

W. P. Fairless, Publican
The publican W.P.Fairless of the Castle Howard Ox Hotel, York. He reportedly weighed 190 kg (30 stone) in 1935

St James Theatre 1895
The impressive building with its four Ionic columns, photographed from the opposite side of King Street

Portly Woman Adds Beans
A portly woman adds beans to a casserole. Date: 1930s

Roller-Skate Wedding
Jolly Berliners celebrate a wedding on roller-skates; one chap has fallen, whilst a portly lady looks wobbly - the bride and groom skate on

Rossini / Rumpf
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Italian composer in middle age

Rossini / Anon Eng
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI the Italian composer in middle age

Gourmand Dines
A portly gourmand dines alone on a whole chicken

Studying Paris Menu 1874
A rather portly customer studies the menu in a Paris restaurant

Lord North Caricature
FREDERICK, LORD NORTH, 2nd earl of Guilford Statesman, caricatured a portly and pompous (which he probably was !)

The Masked King / Holmes
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA The masked King visits Holmes & is immediately recognised

Rossini / Ils 1867 Robert
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI composer, as an elderly man, full-length portrait, seated, with stick

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