One of P.T. Barnum’s “prodigies” she was said to weight 579 pounds, which is prodigious indeed. She was appearing at Barnum’s American Museum in 1849 when Currier and Ives did this portrait. Her waistline was said to be seven feet, three inches. To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:59PM on December 8, 2012