Sailors, some in drag, posing for a group portrait within a highly-detailed stage set. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2044102i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Sailors, some in drag, posing for a group portrait within a highly-detailed stage set. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Subjects in the uniform of Royal Navy ABSs (Able Seamen) pose with actors in costume including four drag characters, in a 'domestic' setting. Unlocated, World War I period. The actors pose together, some are dressed as sailors, two men in drag are wearing white; the detail of the set gives the impression of a lived-in space

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.8 cm

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044102i

Where to find it

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

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