Edward Simpson aka Flint Jack

A carte de visite portrait of the notorious forger of prehistoric and Roman artefacts, variously known as Flint Jack, Shirtless, Bones, Fossil Willy and, more prosaically, Edward Jackson, though his real name was Edward Simpson.

Photographer and location unidentified.

A pencilled inscription in a period hand reads: 'Flint Jack alias Edward Simpson alias Edward Jackson alias Shirtless alias Skin Flint.'