George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
Reference:
2059305i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London (E.C.) : Rotary Photo, [between 1900 and 1909?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : printed in sepia ; 13.6 x 8.4 cm.

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Mr. Rossi Ashton. The sketching entertainer.

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The music hall turn Rossi Ashton making swift sketches of 'pansy faces'. A possible play on words at a time when the term' pansy' meaning effeminate or queer was beginning to gain currency, particularly in the United States".

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Wellcome Collection 2059305i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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