Soldiers, one in drag, performing in a concert party as "The Bow Bells"; posing for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2044286i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Soldiers, one in drag, performing in a concert party as "The Bow Bells"; posing for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Harold Chapman of the Bow Bells and his Pierrot chorus. Several pierrots surround the man in drag, kneeling either side; the man in drag is reading a note and has long pigtails. 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 here, 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

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.7 cm

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The "Bowbells"

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Wellcome Collection 2044286i

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

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