Two men dressed in drag having a conversation: one is injured as a result of wife-beating. Colour lithograph, 1908.

Date:
1908
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2060528i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two men dressed in drag having a conversation: one is injured as a result of wife-beating. Colour lithograph, 1908. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Wife beating was apparently so commonplace at the turn of the century that it could be the subject of a comic photo-montage featuring two 'pantomime dame'-type characters in drag

Publication/Creation

Holmfirth (England) ; New York : Bamforth & Co. Publishers, 1908 (Printed in England)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

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Wot, Sal! You been and got married too? Photo only copyright 1908 by Bamforth & Co. Series no. 1385. Printed on verso: "B. Co." logo in Art Nouveau style

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

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Wellcome Collection 2060528i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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