Pierrot entertainments, by Retreat nurses

Date:
Early 20th century
Reference:
RET 1/8/4/17/4
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Pierrot entertainments, by Retreat nurses. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph 1 shows two pierrots on stage. Photograph 2 shows a group of men and women dressed as pierrots, in the Retreat garden; on the reverse are some names: Fryer, Richards, Harrison, Coulter, Nurse Blakoe, Sister Emily, Nurse Adamson. Photograph 3 shows a pierrot posing against a stage backdrop. Photographs 4-5 show pierrots on an improvised stage in the garden.

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Early 20th century

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5 photographs

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Open and available at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. This material has been digitised by the Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project, and can be freely accessed online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.

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