Clawman: oil on canvas 142x92cm Thomas Brigham Prentice b. Carbon City, Utah 1901 d. unknown Thomas Brigham Prentice was born a partial ectrodactyl. His right hand was a claw –his left hand and feet developed normally. Two younger brothers were unaffected by the condition. Though another of his stage names was ‘the Fiddler Crab’, he was actually more famous as a banjo player. As a youth his unique pizzicato style had proved a popular novelty in his home state of Utah and this eventually brought him to the attention of the Langstrom Brothers. His first public appearance with their travelling show in 1911 came to the notice of the Cincinnati Daily Press. Its reporter remarked upon Prentice’s “
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