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Boys

Images

  • Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Two boys posing with cigarettes. Photographic postcard by A. Caggiano, 190-.
  • A boy with a monkey and a hurdy-gurdy, sitting on the pavement. Engraving by T.L. Sanger.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • A boy seated on a rock, his head resting on his knees. Process print after J. H. Flandrin, 193-.
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Catalogue

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    A boy wearing a turban, looking downwards to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1769 | Reference: 2822703i
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    A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

    De Koster, Simon, 1767-1831. | Date: Jan.y 1 1800 | Reference: 672249i
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    A boy and his cat are on a pirate ship. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 33321i
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    Photograph of an Arab boy in profile, North Africa.

    | Date: [between 1930 and 1939?] | Reference: 2045958i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    A boy with a monkey and a hurdy-gurdy, sitting on the pavement. Engraving by T.L. Sanger.

    Sanger, T.L. | Reference: 29494i
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