Although still performing his strongmen act, eugen sandow now capitalised on his new fame to become the og nude male pinup He found a ready market for the photos which showed him totally nude but for a figleaf. The london strongman scene was never the same after eugen sandow But his statue in the british museum was a bit much for victorian audiences. From music hall to posing pouch, the victorian strongman (and dreamboat) eugen sandow rose to fame as an international celebrity and sex symbol during the close of the nineteenth century His stardom even propelled him into the museum, when in 1901 a cast was made of his naked body and put on.
Spring st., los angeles, cal lccn90715336.jpg Free for commercial use, no attribution required The victorian strongman eugen sandow, considered the father of body building, rose to fame as an international celebrity and sex symbol during the close nineteenth century.
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