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| Picture No | 10583085 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897 |
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Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America. Above the Last Supper is the 'Golden Rule', written in a scroll, and on the 'table cloth' are the words 'Love one another'. Her husband's tattoos can be viewed in picture 10583082 and 10583083.
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| Source | Photograph by Carl Miller in the Strand Magazine, April 1897, page 432. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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