Two amateur actors in drag, wearing elaborate costume. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043386i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two amateur actors in drag, wearing elaborate costume. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man on the left wears a hat with very long feathers, which arch over the man on the right, who is wearing a stripey dress and holds a parasol.

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Contributors

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Two young men circa wearing fantastically elaborate drag, in pre-World War One fashions. Unidentified circumstances, but they are amateurs."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043386i

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Where to find it

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

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