Two amateur actors embrace on the deck of a ship; one is in drag, the other is kneeling on one knee. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043350i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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view Two amateur actors embrace on the deck of a ship; one is in drag, the other is kneeling on one knee. Photographic postcard, 191-.

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Two amateur actors embrace on the deck of a ship; one is in drag, the other is kneeling on one knee. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man in drag wears high boots and a headscarf and could be playing the character of a pirate.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.7 x 13.7 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Ship-board fairy-tale or panto scene on a real photo postcard. Same subject as on Wellcome Library no. 2043344i, with [a] rather better looking young man in a velvet cape kneeling before him."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043350i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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