So there’s this really fat man who lived in the late 18th century called Daniel Lambert. A jailer and breeder from Leicester who you probably don't know.

Although he was heavily built in his childhood, it wasn't until he was 18-21, when he started working in prison, that he began to put on weight rapidly.

It's so interesting to see an enormous fat person depicted by aritsts who actually know what they're doing. You can feel the girth and the heft of this guy coming through in those portraits.