Robert Bertin in drag as Clotilde Alégria, posing with a gun. Process print, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2044808i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Robert Bertin in drag as Clotilde Alégria, posing with a gun. Process print, 191-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Robert Bertin was the foremost French female impersonator of the first decade of the twentieth century. He was a skilled impersonator of some of the stars of the French popular theatre. Here he imitates the Mexican circus performer Clotilde Alégria, standing in front of a painted backdrop of trees.

Publication/Creation

Dijon : Bauer Marchet et C.ie, [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; sheet 13.9 x 8.9 cm

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Lettering

M. R. Bertin. Imitation de Clotilde Alégria Printed in black on recto

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044808i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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