British servicemen performing a sketch. Photograph, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043071i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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British servicemen performing a sketch. Photograph, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The men are performing a tableau entitled 'Highgate Hill' (according to inscription on verso), the majority in drag. This photograph was taken during a British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I and is one in a series of seven photographs: Wellcome Library nos. 2043067i, 2043068i, 2043069i, 2043070i, 2043071i, 2043072i, 2043074i.

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : albumen print ; 8.7 x 14.0 cm

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A large group of performers are posed in front of a leafy landscape backdrop wearing a variety of costumes including plush ‘cat’ suits, and a Robin Hood. The drag costumes are those of ragged gypsy dancers. A uniformed private in uniform of unidentified regiment stand to right just in shot partially behind the backdrop."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
One in a series of seven photographs: Wellcome Library nos. 2043067i, 2043068i, 2043069i, 2043070i, 2043071i, 2043072i, 2043074i

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043071i

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

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