Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: A.B.C. PRESS SERVICE
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.2005.004998

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’Eture, has / since acquired about 100 uniforms, mostly to mark historic / occasions. The Manneken usually prefers to go naked, hut his / wardrobe is magnificently housed in the Naison du Roi”, and he has / a valet three times his own height to keep his clothes in order. / PHOTO SHOWS:- The ceremony in which the Manneken was presented / with his hunting-kit took place on a snowy winter’s day. / VP 29 Sept. ’45 PN (2); stamped: COPYRIGHT / PLANET NEWS LTD. / 3 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