A Sicilian boy naked from the waist up, his hands behind his head, wearing horns.

  • Gloeden, Wilhelm von, Baron, 1856-1931.
Date:
3 February 1899
Reference:
529777i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Previous title, replaced May 2022: A Sicilian boy, posing as Pan wearing horns, naked from the waist up, his hands behind his head. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1899.

Publication/Creation

Taormina : W. von Gloeden, 3 February 1899.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 22.5 x 16.9 cm

Lettering

W. v. Gloeden Kunstverlag deponirt 3 Feb 1899 Taormina Sicilia Bears pencilled number on verso: 1240 The lettering is rubber-stamped on the verso

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This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 529777i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.

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