Print, costume print, book-illustration (BM 1927,0210.65)

A man, whole-length standing, directed to the right, looking to the left, cutting his left arm with a knife, wearing animal skin clothing, various cuts on his legs and arms, an axe on his belt; in rectangular decorative border; illustration to page 200 of Nicolay's 'Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages, faicts en la Turquie' (Antwerp: G. Silvius, 1576).
Woodcut