A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910.

Date:
[between 1908 and 1910]
Reference:
2043508i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

The performer is leaning against a small table with a door and curtain in the background.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1908 and 1910]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.6 x 13.9 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A charming (and almost certainly professional) young man wearing a typical soubrette’s outfit, circa 1908-10, designed to show off her small waist. Cigarette held aloft, she flirts with [the] camera, and looks [as if] about to burst into song. Unidentified (British) performer and photographer."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043508i

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

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