British servicemen performing a sketch. Photograph, 191-.

A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I, performing a tableau entitled 'The picnic on Highgate Hill' (according to inscription on verso). The majority of the men are in drag. A large group of performers are posed in front of a leafy landscape backdrop wearing a variety of costumes including plush 'cat' suits, and a Dick Whittington. The drag costumes are those of ragged gypsy dancers. A uniformed private in uniform of unidentified regiment stands to right just in shot partially behind the backdrop

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

Item Actions

View At: https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430711
Citation: Cite

Item Information:

Identifier: 8049g531c
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: 1910 to 1919?
Genre: Photographs
Prints
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
Rights: Copyright undetermined
For more information on copyright, please read our policies