M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.

Date:
[1901?]
Reference:
2064135i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Fernand de Sternac performing a burlesque of the extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco, who had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. She seems to heve been as much a favourite with the drag queens of the 1900s as Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland were later in the century

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Publication/Creation

[France] : [publisher not identified], [1901?] (Nancy : Phototypie A. Bergeret et Cie)

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Lettering

M. de Sternac dans son imitation de Mme Sada Yacco. Cliché Le Ray, Montoire

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2064135i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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