File:Human skin tattoed with a soldier, badge and anchor, France, Wellcome L0057038.jpg
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Tattooed on to human skin are naval symbols including an anchor and the image of a soldier with the word “Legion” above it. This may suggest the person was in the French Army or the French Foreign Legion. The skin was purchased by one of Henry Wellcome’s collecting agents, Captain Johnston-Saint, in June 1929 from Dr Villette, a Parisian surgeon. Villette worked in military hospitals and collected and preserved hundreds of samples from the autopsies of French soldiers. In the late 1800s, tattoos were often seen as markers of criminal tendencies, or ‘primitiveness’. Medical men tried to interpret common images and symbols. Tattoos were also used as a tool for identification, a practice that continues today. maker: Unknown maker Place made: France Medical Photographic Library |
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Short title | L0057038 Human skin tattoed with a soldier, badge and anchor, Fr |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057038 Human skin tattoed with a soldier, badge and anchor, France, |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0057038 Human skin tattoed with a soldier, badge and anchor, France,
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Tattooed on to human skin are naval symbols including an anchor and the image of a soldier with the word “Legion” above it. This may suggest the person was in the French Army or the French Foreign Legion. The skin was purchased by one of Henry Wellcome’s collecting agents, Captain Johnston-Saint, in June 1929 from Dr Villette, a Parisian surgeon. Villette worked in military hospitals and collected and preserved hundreds of samples from the autopsies of French soldiers. In the late 1800s, tattoos were often seen as markers of criminal tendencies, or ‘primitiveness’. Medical men tried to interpret common images and symbols. Tattoos were also used as a tool for identification, a practice that continues today. maker: Unknown maker Place made: France made: 1850-1920 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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