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

Date:
[ca. 1910]
Reference:
2045513i
Part of:
James Gardiner Collection: unlabelled photograph album.
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Credit

A naked man holds aloft a torch to illuminate a monster. Photographic postcard by S. Schneider after a drawing, ca. 1910. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a drawing of a nude man shown from behind holding a lit torch lighlty illuminating a figure hidden in the darkness. Possibly an interpretation of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Publication/Creation

Riga (Scheunenstr. 9) : Emil Maurach, Buch-, Kunst-, Musikalienhdlg, [ca. 1910]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

С.ШНЕЙДЕРъ-СВИЕТъ Lettering is printed in white on bottom recto, and shows the name of the photographer in Cyrillic script, S. Šnejder sviet, meaning "S[amuel] Schneider photo". Bears number: 1216 (printed in white, bottom recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "This photographic print circa 1910 would appear to have an intentionally homo-erotic charge."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045513i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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