Object numberGC.6656
DescriptionSkin, A portion of, showing monochrome tattooing.
From the left infra-axillary area of an adult male on whom the letter D was officially tattooed to indicate that he had been a deserter from H.M. Army. Such marking of deserters was abolished by Act of parliament about the middle of the XIX century.
The D is boldly tattooed in indigo dye.
Object nameSKIN, arm
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen