A Sicilian young man playing the flute. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
Reference:
2046084i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A Sicilian young man playing the flute. Photographic postcard, 190-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of a boy standing next to a black dog on a hill under a flowering tree. He is playing a flute, and wearing a white loincloth.

Publication/Creation

[Berlin] : AE [Adolph Engel], [between 1900 and 1909?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.7 x 8.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Bears number: 2569/3 Russian inscription in black ink on the verso, with postmark dated March 190(6 or 8).

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "An imitation of Von Gloeden's work: such imitations were widely published, and attracted an international audience. Possibly by Vincenzo Galdi, it depicts a young Sicilian shepherd boy and his dog under a flowering almond tree."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046084i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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