Fred Spencer in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929]
Reference:
2064302i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Fred Spencer in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Fred Spencer standing wearing a cropped jacket, black skirt, hat and gloves and holding an umbrella and bag.

Publication/Creation

[England?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.7 x 8.6 cm

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Lettering

Mrs Avis Fred Spencer 1928 (written in blue ink, bottom recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Fred Spencer out of costume. The British music hall comedian Fred Spencer (fl. 1880-after 1949), a much-loved pantomime dame for three generations. His roles, as Widow Twanky, Jack's Mother in Jack and the Beanstalk, the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella, were all pretty much interchangeable, and designed to aid as much as possible the physical comedy of these performances."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2064302i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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