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1-B1383-B1993-2 The German actress Meret Becker, photographed in 1993 akg-images / Udo Hesse		2-M80-T1-1911-3 A man with a tattooed upper body, circa 1911 akg-images






2-M80-T1-1931 A peacock tattoo, 1931 akg-images / Paul Almasy		2-M80-T1-1940-3 A tattooist at work, 1940s akg-images / Paul Almasy






2-M80-T1-1999 Strandbad Wannsee, Berlin 1999 Frank Silberbach / akg-images		2-R30-S4-2008-60 A Sikh man with "God is one" tattooed on his face Yvan Travert / akg-images






2-S10-M1-1953-1 A sailor on the HMS Fleetwood, 20 September 1953 akg-images		2-V40-I1-1760-118 A yogi covered in tattoos from a series of gouaches illustrating yoga technique, 18th Century akg-images / British Library






2-V40-O1-1890-1 The tattooed arm and hand of a man from French Polynesia, circa 1890 akg-images		2-V40-A1-2006-22 An Amharic boy carrying sugar cane near Bahar Dar, Ethiopia, 2006 Yvan Travert / akg-images






7ND-P1-1806TATTOO011 A visitor to a 2008 tattoo convention in Amsterdam akg-images / PictureContact		7-V1-12391 A Hawaiian chief with tattooed face akg-images / Voller Ernst






2-V40-O1-1769-4 Sydney Parkinson's 1769 drawing of a Maori from a collection of drawings from the journeys of Captain Cook akg-images / British Library		7OE-I1-443300 A woman with a tattoo of Gary Cooper (yes, really!) on her shoulder, 1936 akg-images






7ND-P1-APV07147 A hand painted with a henna tattoo akg-images / PictureContact		7ND-P1-1806TATTOO025 A Maori tattooist at a 2008 Amsterdam tattoo convention akg-images / PictureContact