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Credit
Louis Vernassier in drag poses with a harp. Process print, 1906. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Louis Vernassier in drag poses with a harp. Process print, 1906.
- Date:
- 1906
- Reference:
- 2044860i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
- Online
About this work
Description
He is playing the harp in front of a partially painted backdrop. 'Musical eccentric' Louis Vernassier, drag artist, quick-change performer and musician. This kind of novelty drag/musical hybrid entertainment was particularly popular in continental Europe, but there were few exponents on the British music-hall stage
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1906.
Physical description
1 print : process print ; sheet 13.9 x 9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Louis Vernassier l'homme-protée musical excentrique. Dans son travesti-dame. Jouant: violon, mandoline, mandole, violoncelle, piano, contrebasse, guitare, xylophone, grelots, saxophone, harpe, cuivres etc. et tousinstruments. Excentrique.
Lettering printed in black on recto
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2044860i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'
Location Status Access Closed stores