2606 - Plüschow, Wilhelm. Edoardo with Friends by the Sea. Set of 3 albumen prints. Vintage. Each bears the photographer’s stamp “Guglielmo Plüschow NAPOLI” (in violet) on the reverse, as well as the collector’s stamp of “Theodor Her” and the handwritten numbers “1205,” “1210,” and “1211” (in blue). Circa 1890. Sheet dimensions: 16.5 x 12 cm each.

Plüschow, Wilhelm. Edoardo with Friends by the Sea. Set of 3 albumen prints. Vintage. Each bears the photographer’s stamp “Guglielmo Plüschow NAPOLI” (in violet) on the reverse, as well as the collector’s stamp of “Theodor Her” and the handwritten numbers “1205,” “1210,” and “1211” (in blue). Circa 1890. Sheet dimensions: 16.5 x 12 cm each. This series of three group portraits depicts Edoardo, one of Wilhelm (Guglielmo) Plüschow’s (1852–1930) favorite models during his Neapolitan period (before 1895), surrounded by other boys. - “Arcadian scenes featuring handsome young men and beautiful girls were Guglielmo Plüschow’s photographic passion.” (Peter Weiermair in the foreword to: Guglielmo Plüschow, Erotic Photographs, Cologne, Taschen, 1993). - The photographs, formerly mounted, show slight printing marks in the corners and are minimally creased. - Provenance: Likely acquired in 1890 during a trip to Italy by the painter Theodor Her (1838–1892), who also devoted himself to nude photography of male models; has been in his family’s possession ever since; from the estate of Hans von Hoermann.