Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1945-09-29
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004989

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 Oldest Citizen of Brussels” in his newest and / first British suit – the red tunic, black trousers, bearskin and / sword of the Welsh Guards. / VP 29 Sopt. ’45 PN (10); stamped [sideways]: COPYRIGHT / PLANET NEWS Ltd / S. JOHNSON’S COURT. / LONDON E.G.4. / [illeg.]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK.

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