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<p>Photograph of a marble bust of Caracalla. A cartouche with lettering "Collezione Farnese Roma" appears to have been incised on the cloak</p>

Unlabelled photograph album

The James Gardiner Collection.

James Gardiner Collection: unlabelled photograph album.

The Discobolus of Castel Porziano. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Apollo. Process print, 193-.

A sculpture of a warrior. Photographic postcard after F. Heinemann, 191-.

Two men engaged in a sexual act within a domestic setting. Gouache, 19--.

Hermes. Photographic postcard after E. Herter, 193-.

Damoxenus. Photographic postcard after Antonio Canova, 193-.

A sculpture called "The Iron Age". Photographic postcard after A. Lanson, 193-.

An angel. Photographic postcard, 193-.

A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Process print after Jean Turcan, 192-.

Zeus. Photograpic postcard, 193-.

A naked man holds aloft a torch to illuminate a monster. Photographic postcard by S. Schneider after a drawing, ca. 1910.

Cupid (?). Photographic postcard, 191-.

Antinous. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 1968.

A sculpture of an archaic rider. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

The wrestler and boxer Agias. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

Cain replies to God "Am I my brother's keeper?". Process print after E. de Pury, 191-.

Two men wrestling. Photograpic postcard, 193-.

A warrior. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Zeus fighting the Giants. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Half-naked men carrying industrial supplies. Photograpic postcard after C. Meunier, 191-.

Odysseus and the Sirens. Colour process print after O. Greiner, 190-.

Photograph of a sculpture of the dying Achilles.

A boy, naked and sitting with his head bowed, resting on his knees. Process print after J. H. Flandrin, 193-.

Wall Painting of Theseus, Slayer of the Minotaur.

A dying gladiator. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Mercury discovering the caduceus. Photographic postcard by Neurdein frères after A. Idrac, 191-.

A seated man embracing the legs of a standing woman. Photograpic postcard after Fritz Klimsch, 192-.

The charioteer of Pelops. Photographic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard, 190-.

Hermes. Photographic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Caracalla. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Augustus Caesar. Photographic postcard, 190-.

The Ludovisi Mars. Photographic postcard, 190-.

The dancing faun. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Cupid with his bow. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Apoxyomenos. Process print, 191-.

The Discobolus. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Last Judgment. Process print after Luca Signorelli., 191-.

Antinous. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Caracalla . Process print, 191-.

The Barberini or drunken faun. Process print, 192-.

A boy flying in the arms of a siren. Photographic postcard after D. Puech, 191-.

The Belvedere torso. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Cupid. Photograph, 192-.

Creugas. Photographic postcard after A. Canova, 191-.

Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.

Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.

Wrestlers. Photographic postcard after J.P. Molin, 191-.

Gilliat seized by the octopus. Process print after E.J. Carlier, 191-.

Moses. Photographic postcard after Michelangelo, 195-.

Damoxenus. Process print after A. Canova, 191-.

The Ludovisi Mars. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Discophorus, standing. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after G.A. Bazzi, il Sodoma, 192-.

"The age of bronze". Process print after Auguste Rodin, 190-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after Pietro Vannucci, il Perugino, 190-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after Guido Reni, 190-.

A workman wearing a protective apron and overshoes. Process print after Constantin Meunier, 190-.

A bronze tripod with three satyrs sculpted for the legs of the tripod. Photographic postcard, 195-.

The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.

A bronze statue of a man holding a robe over his naked body. Process print, 193-.

Three blacksmiths with hammers. Photographic postcard after F. Nylund, 195-.

A man holding his arm aloft while sexually aroused. Process print, 193-.

An athlete. Photographic postcard after J. Börjeson, 193-.

Achilles. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Hercules. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Photographic postcard by ND after Jean Turcan, 192-.

The Farnese Hercules. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Eduard von Winterstein. Process print after K. Freund, 192-.

"Temptation": a naked man and women relaxing on hay with goats. Photographic postcard after Jan Styka, 190-.

Photograph of three Maasai men in three-quarters profile.

Four African men competing in a walking race.

Photograph of a man and a group of children, Papua New Guinea.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling at the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy in profile, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, Egypt.

Photograph of an Arab man looking towards viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy looking towards the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.

Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.

Photograph of an Arab boy wearing a striped garment, Tunis.

Photograph of three boys at  Hammam Maskhoutine, Algeria.

Photograph of a boy in costume smoking a long pipe.

Two boys wearing pale garments. Process print, 193-.

A Sicilian youth among almond trees by the sea. Process print, 190-.

Two boys posing with cigarettes. Photographic postcard by A. Caggiano, 190-.

Neapolitan boys posing in a line. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A boy seated on a rock, his head resting on his knees. Process print after J. H. Flandrin, 193-.

Egypt: three children playing in sand. Process print, 192-.

Boys swimming naked at Newlyn, Cornwall, 1893. Process print by F. Frith & Co., 190-.

Taormina: ruins of the ancient Greek theatre. 

Five Zulu men standing in a line holding shields. Colour process print, ca. 1909.

Five naked youths relaxing on a terrace on the bay of Naples. Photographic postcard by W. von Gloeden, 19--.

A Swiss farmer standing outside a chalet holding a bucket of fresh milk. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Two men standing side by side in the woods. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

A Swiss mountain guide in profile carrying heavy rope. Photographic postcard by E. Gyger, 193-.

Photograph of Susuga Malietoa Laupepa

A young Indonesian man cutting up coconuts. Process print, ca. 1906.

Two Sri Lankan tree climbers in the canopy.

Sicilian boys posing in antique dress. Photographic postcard by W. von Gloeden, 19--.

Young men posing naked on a terrace. Photographic postcard by W. von Gloeden, 19--.

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

A naked man sits under a tree in the moonlight. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Laurence Woodford in a starting pose for running a race. Photographic postcard, 192-.

A male waterpolo team pose in a line. Colour process print, 193-.

Swimmers, officials and spectators at the Paris Olympics. Photographic postcard by A. Pétin, 1924.

"August Blue" by H.S. Tuke. Colour process print, 196-.

"Ruby, gold and malachite" by H.S. Tuke. Colour process print, 196-.

"August Blue" by H.S. Tuke. Process print, 192-.

An athletic man poses in dark briefs. Process print, 195-.

An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.

An athletic man poses with his back to the viewer. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Red McCarthy, the Olympic ice skater and later stunt skater, posing as a silver ice-skating statue. Photographic postcard, 1936.

A nude man posing as a classical statue. Photograph by Henry, 192-.

A nude man facing away from the viewer. Photograph by Henri, 192-.

Paul Swan posing wearing a loincloth. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Ange Camilli posing as the Discobolus. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Jay (Hubert Julian) Stowitts, posing as an ancient Greek warrior with a bow. Photographic postcard by N. Muray, ca. 1922.

The two Angel Brothers, acrobats posing in leopard-skin leotards. Photographic postcard, ca. 192-.

A naked model, possibly Laurence Woodford, leaning against a painted backdrop. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Siegmund Breitbart, a strongman, wearing a Roman helmet. Process print, 192-.

Laurence Woodford, a model, seen from the side, kneeling before a draped pedestal, as if in despair. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A strongman, seen from behind, wearing a fur loincloth. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 19--.

Three acrobats, called "Les Poly-Toss". Process print, 192-.

The strongman Alexander Zass, called "Samson", seen partially from behind. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Laurence Woodford, seen in profile, holding a bow and arrow. Photographic postcard, 1928.

The strongman Alexander Zass, called "Samson", seen partially from behind. Process print after K. Barber, 1928.

The acrobat Otto Olympier, flexing his biceps. Photographic postcard, 192-.

An athletic man posing bare-chested. Photographic postcard, 19--.

"Dare Derek", a light comedy artist. Process print, 1922.

Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.

Ferdinand Gruhn and George Hackenschmidt performing a wrestling move. Process print, 19--.

Two wrestlers facing off. Photographic postcard by Walery, 190-.

A bodybuilder poses with his back to the viewer. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Constant Lavaux "le Boucher", a wrestler. Process print, 1902.

The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Photographic postcard after M. Leon, 190-.

D. Blazer, a strongman or wrestler. Process print, 192-.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 190-.

Coronis (D. Blazer), a strongman, advertising Horlick's Malted Milk drink. Process print, 19--.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 19--.

"Specimen studies" from the photographic studio of James & Co., Liverpool. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Bobby Pandur. Process print, 19--.

A strongman flexes his biceps, seen from behind. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Giovanni Raicevich, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Laurence Woodford in a start pose for running a race. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Two male wrestlers fighting on the floor. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Three male wrestlers posing with champion belts. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Leslie Gadsby, a stunt artist, in three photographs. Photographic postcard, 1955.

Miss Carrie Moore and the Sandow girls performing as "The Dairymaids". Photographic postcard, 1906.

Karl Reiber, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 192-.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, ca. 1904.

A wrestler flexing his biceps.

Caracalla. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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Caracalla. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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