Prostheses: artificial noses being made by an artist at work in his studio in Hampstead, London. Photograph, ca. 1921.

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1921
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578075i
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Prostheses: artificial noses being made by an artist at work in his studio in Hampstead, London. Photograph, ca. 1921. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1921

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 15.8 x 20.6 cm

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Daily Mail, 15/2/21; the art of making noses, it is little known that many people whom we meet in the streets are wearing noses which are not their own. So perfect has become the production of artificial noses that in many cases they cannott be distinguished from the real organ. Photo shows a nose artist at work in Hampstead making preliminary models from which casts will afterwards be made Stamp on verso reads: "Photo supplied by G.P.A. the General Photographic Agency, 173-5 Fleet Street" Typed note on verso may be extract from accompanying Daily Mail news article

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