Constant Lavaux "le Boucher", a wrestler. Process print, 1902.

Date:
[1902?]
Reference:
2046766i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Constant Lavaux "le Boucher", a wrestler. Process print, 1902. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Constant Lavaux showing head and torso, facing the viewer with his arms folded.

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : E.L.D.(Ernest-Louis-Désiré Le Deley), [1902?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 13.6 x 8.9 cm

Lettering

Constant le boucher. Bears number: 50

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The deceptively boyish looks of Le Boucher ('The Butcher'), so called because of his skill as an actual butcher and his fierceness in the ring, attracted many fans, including (apocryphally) Oscar Wilde."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046766i

Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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