The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mechanic Tattooing

Mechanic Tattooing

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Mechanic Tattooing

Unknown

Date:: 1870s
Medium:: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions:: 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number:: 2005.100.505 (6b)

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on mount, recto BC: "Mechanic Tatooing"
Provenance

(Sold, Christie's, South Kensington, June 27, 1985, lot 80)
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