An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.

  • Yvonne, Mme
Date:
[between 1940 and 1949]
Reference:
2045202i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a man wearing a frilly dress, makeup and a long dark wig smiling at the viewer.

Publication/Creation

London (98 Charing Cross Road) : Mme. Yvonne, A.R.P.S., [between 1940 and 1949]

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 21.2 x 16 cm

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Related material

Other images of this actor photographed by Mme Yvonne: Wellcome Collection 2045203i (b20452032;) Wellcome Collection 2045204i (b20452044;) Wellcome Collection 2045205i (b20452056;) Wellcome Collection 2045206i (b20452068;) Wellcome Collection 2045208i (b20452081;) Wellcome Collection 2045280i (b20452809)

Lettering

Yvonne A.R.P.S. London Photograph by Mme. Yvonne, A.R.P.S., 98, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Tem. Bar 4874 (stamped in purple ink, middle verso) Lettering printed in black on bottom left recto. 13655 (written in pencil, middle verso)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Publicity photograph of [an] unidentified performer in 'Glamour Dame' costume, at the Windmill Theatre, London 1940s. It is interesting to note that drag performances became so popular with British audiences in the mid to late 1940s that they were even seen on-stage at the Windmill Theatre, a bastion of heterosexual theatrical titillation, which famously 'never closed' throughout World War II, and was one of the few theatres in the UK where you could see near-naked showgirls."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045202i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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