Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits. Process print, 190-.

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<p>Louis Vernassier was a French music hall act and quick-change drag artist who played a variety of musical instruments. This trompe l'oeil card of ca. 1903-1905 shows him adopting a series of eight poses on the leaves of a folding fan.</p>

Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits.

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