Eugen Sandow was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. He was born in Königsberg, and became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy.
1894 poster for the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles, produced by F. Ziegfeld Jr. in one of his first productions
Strength, And How To Obtain It by Eugen Sandow was published in 1897 shortly before the start of his monthly periodical.
"A New Sandow Pose (VIII)" from Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture (1902)
Sir Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge, 2nd Baronet was an English rower, athlete and sculptor. He exhibited twelve works at the Royal Academy.
As depicted by "VER" (François Verheyden) in Vanity Fair, 12 May 1883
The Death of Dirce (first bronze version, 1906) on display to the left of the entrance of Tate Britain.