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Plaster cast copy of the 'Praying Boy of Rhodes,' by F N Bose ARSA

The photographer's identity is unknown but was probably an Edinburgh-based commercial photographer engaged by the Edinburgh School of Art.

Bose's figure was executed by him during his time as a student at the Edinburgh School of Art, formerly the Trustees' Academy which met in the former Royal Institution Building on the Mound in Edinburgh.

It can be identified as a copy after the so-called 'Praying Boy of Rhodes,' a classical marble sculpture in the Antiquities Museum in Berlin.

Object data

Date	c.1905 - c.1908
Accession	2024.0069.110
Type	Photograph Black and white print
Materials	Support paper, photographic, card
Dimensions	Support size of the print 20.7cm x 15.9cm Support size of card mount 30.5cm x 24cm
Acquisition	Gift Galloway Family (September 24th, 2024)

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