Three actors, one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes.

Date:
1910
Reference:
2044502i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Three actors, one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: Three actors (George, Joey and Jock Preston), one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes. Photographic postcard, 1910.

Description

The man is dressed as an old woman and is holding a lighter for two men who lean in with cigarettes in their mouths. An unidentified music-hall trio, possibly three brothers named George, Joey and Joel Preston.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1910.

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

Lettering

Yours with love, George, Joey and Jock Preston Lettering written in black ink, bottom right recto

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044502i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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