Chris Shaw in drag. Photograph, 196-.

Date:
[between 1960 and 1969]
Reference:
2045301i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Chris Shaw in drag. Photograph, 196-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of Chris Shaw showing head and shoulders. He is wearing a lace dress, makeup with large false eyelashes, large beaded earrings and a styled blonde wig.

Publication/Creation

London (136 Brixton Hill) : Photo. Repro. Service Chas. Domec-Carré, [between 1960 and 1969]

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

Mr. Chris Shaw. B.B.C T.V. & C.T.V Lettering printed in black on bottom recto Chris Shaw (written in black ink, recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Publicity card for Chris Shaw (1936-2010), a highly successful tenor, female impersonator and theatrical producer, who enjoyed a long and successful career in Great Britain from the 1960s (where he is credited with being the first drag performer at the Vauxhall Tavern), then to South Africa, and finally Australia."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

References note

Clare Barlow, Queer British art, 1861-1967, London: Tate Publishing, 2017, pp. 92 and 180

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045301i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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