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For them, he offered his ideal compositions in a more convenient and less expensive bust-length size, such as the version of The Fisher Boy on view here.   \r\n\r\nIn adapting The Fisher Boy from a full-length statue to a bust, Powers eliminated the attributes defining the character of the figure-the upraised hand holding a conch shell to the left ear, and the down-turned hand resting on the net and tiller.  He rendered the boy's upper torso in two versions, one with full shoulders and upper arms, such as the one displayed here, and the other, a less expensive variant, with truncated shoulders.  Devoid of specific attributes, the bust version of The Fisher Boy speaks more generally to the vulnerability and innocence of youth.  \r\n\r\n","related":[{"format":"text/html","label":"View details","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/16634/the-fisher-boy"}],"rendering":[{"format":"text/html","label":"View details","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/16634/the-fisher-boy"}],"sequences":[{"label":"default","canvases":[{"label":"R.2001-26","width":1536,"height":2048,"images":[{"resource":{"service":{"profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":256,"height":256,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":512,"height":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":1024,"height":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"}],"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/4052"},"format":"image/jpeg","width":1536,"height":2048,"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/4052/full/full/0/default.jpg","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"},"motivation":"sc:painting","on":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/canvas/1057419","@type":"oa:Annotation","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/annotation/1057419","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/canvas/4052","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"},{"label":"Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen","width":900,"height":1200,"images":[{"resource":{"service":{"profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":256,"height":256,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":512,"height":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":1024,"height":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"}],"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/29902"},"format":"image/jpeg","width":900,"height":1200,"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/29902/full/full/0/default.jpg","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"},"motivation":"sc:painting","on":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/canvas/1066300","@type":"oa:Annotation","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/annotation/1066300","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/canvas/29902","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"@type":"sc:Sequence","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/sequence/default","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"logo":[{"@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/internal/media/logodispatcher/Huntington_Wordmark_SingleLine_L1Green.jpg"}],"@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-16634/manifest","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","thumbnail":[{"service":{"profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/29902"},"@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/29902/full/%21100%2C100/0/default.jpg"}]}