page_title: Edward Bright
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Bright
caption_attribution_description: Edward Bright, a man weighing forty three and a half stone. Line engraving. Iconographic Collections Keywords: portrait prints; bright, edward, 1721-1750; engravings; Obesity; Edward Bright
context_page_description: Edward Bright was a grocer in Maldon, Essex, England — known as the "fat man of Maldon" — who was reputed at the time of his death in 1750 to be the "fattest man in England". He lived in a house on Maldon's High Street, and is buried in Maldon's Church of All Saints.
  Bright weighed 47.5 stone.
  His coat was said to be large enough to have seven men stand inside it, although this is also sometimes stated as seven hundred men because of a tale in which a man in a local pub tempted a gambler with a bet that "seven hundred men" would fit into Edward Bright’s waistcoat. The bet was accepted. The gambler lost, because seven men from the Dengie Hundred fitted into the waistcoat.
  His portrait was painted in 1750 by David Ogborne, after whose painting various etchings were published, including:
  1750 - Irish engraver James McArdell
  1751 - Anthony Walker, published by John Hinton
  In 2000, a bronze relief of seven men in Bright's coat, by sculptor Catharni Stern, was installed at the King's Head Centre off Maldon's High Street, near Bright's former home.
context_section_description: Edward Bright (1721–1750) was a grocer in Maldon, Essex, England — known as the "fat man of Maldon" — who was reputed at the time of his death in 1750 to be the "fattest man in England". He lived in a house on Maldon's High Street, and is buried in Maldon's Church of All Saints.
  Bright weighed 47.5 stone (665 lb or 302 kg).
  His coat was said to be large enough to have seven men stand inside it, although this is also sometimes stated as seven hundred men because of a tale in which a man in a local pub tempted a gambler with a bet that "seven hundred men" would fit into Edward Bright’s waistcoat. The bet was accepted. The gambler lost, because seven men from the Dengie Hundred (a parcel of land) fitted into the waistcoat.
  His portrait was painted in 1750 by David Ogborne (1700–1768), after whose painting various etchings were published, including:
  1750 - Irish engraver James McArdell (1728–1765)
  1751 - Anthony Walker, published by John Hinton
  In 2000, a bronze relief of seven men in Bright's coat, by sculptor Catharni Stern, was installed at the King's Head Centre off Maldon's High Street, near Bright's former home.
caption: An engraving based on an illustration made six weeks before his death
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