Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Event Date: 1945-09-29
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004988

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed [on adhered label]: BRUSSELS’ BEST-DRESSED CITIZEN – “THE MANNEKEN”. / The famous “Manneken of Brussels”, fashioned in 1619 by the / sculptor Jerome Duquesnoy the Elder as a fountain for the Rue de / l’Eturo, has since acquired about 100 uniforms, mostly to mark / historic occasions. The Manneken usually prefers to go naked, but / his wardrobe is magnificently housed in the “Maison du Roi”, and he / has a valet three times his own height to keep his clothes in order. / PHOTO SHOWS:- The Menneken’s now French poilu [sic] uniform isn’t a very / good fit: embarrassing, because we won’t grow any taller. / VP 29 Sopt. ’45 PN (10); stamped: COPYRIGHT [star shape]/ PLANET NEWS Ltd Credit: / S. JOHNSON’S COURT. / LONDON E.G.4. / [illeg.] from BLACK STAR / [GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK]

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / BRUSSELS
Retouching: N