A performer in drag poses on stage wearing a head garment with sprawling feathers. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043502i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A performer in drag poses on stage wearing a head garment with sprawling feathers. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man in drag faces the viewer, wearing a thinly-layered dress while holding a flowery prop, in front of a well-painted backdrop.

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

Contributors

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Unidentified drag performer, World War I period. Highly professional looking costume and make-up and a beautifully painted backdrop. Probably French and almost certainly, if not a professional performer, someone with some experience of cross-dressing."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043502i

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

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