Amateur actors, some in drag, gather for a group portrait, in a room with a fireplace. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2043779i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Amateur actors, some in drag, gather for a group portrait, in a room with a fireplace. Photographic postcard, 192-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

A man standing in the back row has a pipe, some seated men in drag are wearing fur coats and a person sitting on the floor has their face blurred.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.7 x 13.3 cm

Contributors

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Amateur dramatics. Male and female actors in [an] unidentified (British) location including three charcters in drag. Identifiable as they are wearing far more make-up than the ‘real’ women."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043779i

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Where to find it

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

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