Mr. Pritchard, the Lambert of America
Christian Secretary
The Unionist 1834-03-13
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MR. PRITCHARD, the Lambert of America, is exhibiting himself at the American Museum, New York. His height is 6 feet 2 inches—5 feet 10 inches around the shoulders, and his legs are as large as the body of an ordinary man; his weight is 520 lbs. When moving about on foot, he presents the appearance of a giant. His respiration is difficult when sleeping, unless his head is elevated quite above his body, and he then snores, very loudly.— Christian Secretary.
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Mr. Pritchard is here compared to Daniel Lambert (1770-1809), a gargantuan man who was exhibited as a curiosity in the first decade of the nineteenth century in England. His name spawned a number of phrases that referred to large size.
