Harold Chapman and Mark Leslie performing a revue for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043300i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Harold Chapman and Mark Leslie performing a revue for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Harold Chapman in drag is being pointed at by Mark Leslie, as both lean on geometric plinths.

Publication/Creation

Great Britain : [s.n], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.5 cm

Lettering

Harold Chapman and Mark Leslie (Bow Bells)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "They were members of the 56th (London) Division concert party, called Bow Bells, which was particularly active on the French front from 1916. This was a particularly well-organized concert party, and in Harold Chapman, shown on this card, they had a star on their hands. He was extremely popular and attractive in drag; all the more surprising for his having a baritone voice. He is seen here wearing a long blonde plaited wig, and extremely elaborate high-laced and heeled boots of the type popularised by the French revue star Gaby Deslys. His partner Mark Leslie is seen here in black-face and light suit influenced by the music hall star G.H. Elliot."
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Wellcome Collection 2043300i

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

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