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The Craven Heifer: 1812 stipple engraving by Whessel after a painting by Fryer. Born in 1807, this grossly obese animal was bred and (over)fed by Rev. William Carr of Bolton Abbey and raised on the Bolton Abbey estate. Weighing 1980kg, it was purchased by John Watkinson of Halton East for £200 who took the beast ...