These images are by the twins, Edward and Maurice Detmold. I don’t know a great deal about them but apparently they were child prodigies who first exhibited at age 13. Tragically Maurice committed suicide at age 24.


One Response to The Naked Child in Art: The Jungle Book (2)

  1. Lee M says:

    I find it odd and a little ironic that although the Detmolds had no qualms about depicting Mowgli naked, they apparently couldn’t bring themselves to give him (gasp) long hair!

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