Two actors pose as a wedded couple.

Date:
[190-]
Reference:
2044550i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two actors pose as a wedded couple. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced April 2022: Two actors, one in drag, pose as a wedded couple. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Publication/Creation

Paris : R. Guilleminot, Boespflug et Cie, [190-]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.8 x 8.9 cm

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Lettering

"Un beau mariage" comédie. L. Jaccoud Lettering written in black ink on bottom recto

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "They are sitting on a bench in a garden setting. Circa 1905 -1910. The bride is beautifully dressed and coiffed, the lace robe and headdress trimmed with orange blossom. All perfectly observed detail; but she has a moustache. She gazes lovingly at her husband. The card has a printed play title "Un beau mariage" and signature "L. Jaccoud" to front. The performers seem to be acting in the play Un beau mariage: comédie en quatre actes en prose by Emile Augier and Edouard Poussier (1859). The French message on the verso implies that Jaccoud is the actor in drag: he comments on the aptness of orange blossom as the symbol of ingenuité (innocence) and on his expression. A curious and perplexing image."
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Wellcome Collection 2044550i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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