Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr picture of lighthouse and there is some wear

and there is some wear around the corners of the backing sheet

I've looked and looked and have not found another with the same form

including on the bottom of both the box and the interior tray

Some loss of paint

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr picture of lighthouse and there is some wearAt first I was thinking of this guy as a sort of beefy bathing beauty (!), but thanks to a handy attribution written by his maker on the back of the base, I realized he is famous Canadian strongman Louis Cyr (1863 1912), whose recorded feats included lifting 500 pounds with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds! Born Cyprien No Cyr in Saint Cyprien de Napierville, Quebec, Cyr changed his name to Louis when his family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts