Jimmy De Lancy in drag. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Date:
[between 1950 and 1959]
Reference:
2064353i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Jimmy De Lancy in drag. Photographic postcard, 195-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Jimmy De Lancy smiling at the viewer wearing a large feather headpiece, makeup, a choker necklace and a ruffled dress.

Publication/Creation

[England?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1950 and 1959]

Physical description

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 13.9 x 8.9 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

Jimmy De Lancy (written in black ink, bottom recto) To Ellis Ashton Best wishes Jimmy de Lancy 1967 (written in blue ink, verso) Bears number: 352 (written in pencil, verso) Ellis Collection Ashton (stamped in red ink, bottom verso)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Silver gelatin print 'fan photo', inscribed verso, and dated 1967. De Lancy is shown in a photograph which appears to date from the 1950s, and the style of the drag and make-up is more typical of that period, than of 1967. Inscription is to Ellis Ashton, MBE (1919-1985), theatre historian and president of the British Music Hall Society."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2064353i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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