Human skin, tattooed with male figure, French, 19th century. Tattoo - the tattooed figure outlined in black is virtually undecipherable due to the poor condition of the skin. Skin - orange-umber colouration, a large area of the skin is effected by a white residue which obscures most of the tattoo beneath. Rectangular shape, surgically cut straight edges, the skin is damaged with a wide tear at one end and another smaller tear, with some wrinkling, towards the centre of the sample.