Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2044787i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The female impersonator Malcolm Scott (1872-1929) wearing a beaded dress and dark thin skirt, and poses in front of a painted backdrop. Scott's impersonations of famous female figures from history and popular culture were a big draw at major music halls in the days before World War I, but also included performances of pantomime dames, and comic burlesque of women popularly considered 'beauties' such as Camile Clifford. Here Scott is performing his burlesque of the Canadian dancer Maud Allan in the 1908 production of 'The temptation of Salome', seen as scandalous due to its risqué subject matter, and for the time extremely revealing costumes.

Publication/Creation

London (Holborn Place) : The Philco Publishing Co., [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.5 x 13.7 cm

Lettering

Malcolm Scott in his "Salome" dress. Yours Malcolm Scott Lettering printed and written in black ink on bottom recto

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044787i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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