Four sailors performing in the play 'The Great Casimir'. Photographic postcard, 1918.

Date:
[1918]
Reference:
2042943i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Four sailors performing in the play 'The Great Casimir'. Photographic postcard, 1918. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Two married couples in which the brides are sailors in drag, possibly Royal Marines, on board H.M.S. St. Vincent. They are performing the wedding ceremony in 'The Great Casimir', a musical play by Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837-1883) and Charles Lecocq. Another photograph of the same event (2043382i) dates this to 1918. For other photographs from this series see 2042946i and 2043382i.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1918]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin print ; 8.5 x 13.6 cm

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Lettering

All's well that ends well in "The Great Casimir"

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2042943i

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

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