Douglas Byng in drag with a small boy dressed as a man. Photograph, 1911.

Date:
[1911]
Reference:
2045282i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Douglas Byng in drag with a small boy dressed as a man. Photograph, 1911. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Douglas Byng wearing a wig, large hat and dress, holding a parasol standing next to a small boy wearing a top hat, suit and fake moustache holding a cane.

Publication/Creation

[1911]

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 7.7 x 6.2 cm

Series

Contributors

Lettering

Douglas Byng aged 15 (written in pencil, verso) Bears number: 187 (written in black ink, verso)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The fifteen-year old Douglas Byng in 1911. This is the earliest known drag photograph of one of the most renowned British drag performers of the twentieth century. He wears high Edwardian dress and accessories, photographed at his middle-class family home in Nottinghamshire, where his father was a bank-manager."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045282i

Ownership note

Gifted to James Gardiner by Douglas Byng, 1984.

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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