Scapiglione | "The Modern Sampson"

Scapiglione

Le Samson Moderne ... Phénomène vivant & modèle d'Académie, homme très agréable è voiu. [Paris(?), ca. 1828]

Lithograph broadside (325 x 245 mm) with 3 lines of holographic additions, portrait depicting Scapiglione; not examined out of frame, horizontal folds, a few light spots and closed marginal tears. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas.

Performing under the billing of "Scapiglione," this strongman boasted both an outstanding physique, and a striking head of hair, exploiting the link by billing himself as "the Modern Sampson." 

REFERENCE:

Exemplars, p. 249; EE, pp. 86-87