Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
Reference:
2044505i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits. Process print, 190-.

Description

Louis Vernassier was a French music hall act and quick-change drag artist who played a variety of musical instruments. This trompe l'oeil card of ca. 1903-1905 shows him adopting a series of eight poses on the leaves of a folding fan.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1909?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 9.1 x 14 cm

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Lettering

Louis Vernassier. L'homme-protée-musical-excentrique. Dans ses travestis dame. Jouant: violon, mandoline, mandole, violoncelle, piano, harpe, contrebasse, guitare, xylophone, cuivres, saxophone, monocordes, etc. (printed, bottom recto) Lettering printed in black on top recto

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044505i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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