#male nude almost
Once again I must appeal to my widespread and knowledgeable readers, to beg a translation for the handwritten message squeezed into the pale part of this 1907 postcard - all I know is that I very much like the model poised so elegantly atop this annotated block!
[edit] I was very quickly provided with exactly what I wished for, my thanks to the helpful gent who sent the following :
As far as I understand the inscription on your photo is in Bulgarian:
Андрей, Честитъ ти именъ день, за много години. Пожеа ваме Ви щастие и успехъ. Андрей, тази картичка е подобна на твоята, наято ми прати, за имениятъ ми день. Приеметъ поздравъ отъ ?Всички ни Пеша.
This card is send to a certain Andrej on his name day. The sender(s?) wish him happiness and success. They also say that the picture reminded them of him.
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The beautiful Pietro, photographed with an irrepressible hint of a lighthearted smile, in the sun-dappled garden at Posillipo, circa 1890, by Wilhelm von Gloeden.
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Adding to my ever-growing little collection of Vincenzo Galdi as model not photographer, this sweet shot from the 1890s, a dash more decorous than most as he covers more than he reveals.
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One of Wilhelm von Gloeden’s most beautiful male models, Pasqualino (Pascquale Stracuzzi), reclining in sinuous, curvaceous grace, as he gently cradles a small black dog : von Gloeden’s own, her name is Nedda and she appears most at home in his tender arms. A kind donation from previous contributor John, scanned from his own collection - I thank you wholeheartledly, sir, you have very fine taste indeed!
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