Tattoos

Aug 5, 2020

“I have made a small study of tattoo marks” [REDH] 

Tattoos. A rare topic in the Sherlock Holmes story, yet they're key in helping Sherlock Holmes to discern a little more about a few individuals.

 

How common were tattoos in Victorian England? Where did they originate? And who in the Canon had them? It's just a Trifle.

 

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles188
• History of tattooing (Wikipedia)
• Tattoos: The Ancient and Mysterious History (Smithsonian)

 

Sponsor

• The Baker Street Journal

 

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

 

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