Sailors of different characters. Colour process print after D. McGill, 192-.

  • McGill, Donald Fraser Gould, 1875-1962.
Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2059466i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Sailors of different characters. Colour process print after D. McGill, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London (Florence House, Barnes, S.W.) : Inter-Art Co., [between 1920 and 1929?] (British manufacture throughout)

Physical description

1 print : process print, printed in colours ; 9 x 14 cm.

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What's in a name anyway? Donald McGill

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Sailors with different physionomies that contrast with the name of their ship, e.g. a skinny sailor is from H.M.S. Hercules and the youngest sailor is from H.M.S. Venerable. A big fat sailor comes from "H.M.S. Fairy". The card illustrates the fact that the word 'fairy' meaning homosexual was current in the UK in the 1920s. Sailors have long been connected in the public perception with sexual licence and homosexuality".

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2059466i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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