City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

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Date:1900 - 1920 (c.)

Description:One of the exhibits in Birmingham Art Gallery, from an early 20th-century postcard. This bronze statue of a praying boy is an example of the Victorian confidence in the educational value of casts - the original work, attributed to the school of Lysippus, was actually in Berlin.

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Sculpture Public Buildings Ladywood Edgbaston 1901 - 1913 (Edwardian)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Donor ref:BMAG 1995v632.428 (74/8090)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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