Two naked Sicilian boys, in a classical pose, outside a cottage door. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.

Rome (84 Via Sardegna) : Wilhelm von Plüschow, [approximately 1900]

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 16.8 x 22.3 cm

Guglielmó Plüschow Roma 84 Via Sardegna Bears pencilled number on verso: 7477 The main lettering is rubber-stamped on the verso

Wellcome Collection 529722i

Alison Smith (ed.), Exposed: the Victorian nude, London 2001, no. 108, p. 178

Exhibited in 'Exposed: the Victorian nude' at Tate Britain, London, 1 November 2001-27 January, 2002; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1 March-2 June, 2002; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 6 September, 2002-5 January, 2003; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, February-May 2003; Geidai Museum (University Art Museum), Tokyo, June-August 2003

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

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.