A man wearing a half suit and half dress costume.

Date:
[ca. 1920?]
Reference:
2045345i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

A man wearing a half suit and half dress costume. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2023 A man dressed as half male and half female. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

Publication/Creation

[United Kingdom?] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1920?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.4 x 8.4 cm

Lettering

Support home industry. Great national question Yours sincerely F.L. Jabboli[?] (written in black ink, bottom recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A costume possibly used in a political campaign. [The man's left side is dressed] as a nurse with a doll as a baby, [his right side] as a white-collar worker, possibly a doctor (note the Gladstone bag). Circa 1920."
Photograph of a man dressed in a suit and top hat on one half holding a bag and dressed in a white dress and bonnet on the other holding a baby. On the suit side he has a sign saying 'Support Home Industry' and on the dress side a sign saying 'Great National Question'.
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045345i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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