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Bosco, Leon. Portrait of Leon Bosco. Breslau: Paul Fischer, ca. 1904. The comic conjurer sits on the floor, arms outstretched, with a rabbit in his lap and a duck in mid-flight before him. His gloves and hat rest on the floor beside him. Photographer’s mount, 4 ¼ x 6 ½". Two corners clipped, pinholes, wear; good. Leon Bosco was the first of several performers to work with Servais LeRoy and Mercedes Talma as the comic foil in the “Comedians de Mephisto Co.” This image was the basis of a lithograph produced by Friedlander in 1905.