Two sailors, one in drag, pose on deck holding props. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043384i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two sailors, one in drag, pose on deck holding props. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man in drag is looking away from the viewer and his companion is wearing a false moustache. For another postcard of the event in the collection, see Wellcome Library no. 2043389i.

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.5 x 13.6 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A Pierrot revue on board ship. Pierrot is wearing a sailor’s pea-jacket, adapted to resemble the typical pierrot costume with large bobble buttons, and further bobbles attached to the loose fitting trousers. His companion is wearing a girls’ sailor suit and lots of make-up. World War One period."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043384i

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

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