Beautiful Hand-numbered Antique Print of Classical Sculpture antique British box the more I admire it

the more I admire it

which is a bit longer and fatter

This delicate ink and ink wash drawing of two hanging deer was done on the back of the title page of a 1898 copy of the The Strand Magazine

15 1/8" tall x 6" wide x 2 1/8" deep

On its back is written "Linda

Beautiful Hand-numbered Antique Print of Classical Sculpture antique British box the more I admire itThere is something about early ish black and white photographic book plates, which I believe this is, that feels quite romantic, and then what could be a more romantic subject than this classical sculpture of a beautiful young man looking as if contemplating nothing less than his destiny and the meaning of life?! Perhaps he is a young Apollo (and perhaps I should know this statue, but I don't!) whatever the case, he certainly looks quite the poetic