Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919]
Reference:
2043075i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[London] (37 Oxford Street W) : The Fancy Dress Studio, [between 1910 and 1919]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin print ; 8.7 x 14.0 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A group of men dressed in ragged working clothes gather round a matronly figure in drag as a cook with apron and mob cap. One of the men (third from left) is dressed as the popular music-hall performer George Robey (1869-1954), with his trademark thick bushy eyebrows."
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Wellcome Collection 2043075i

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

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