A re-enactment of Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury. Postcard, ca. 1929.

Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury

The Queen, in drag, is on horseback in a procession of men. A re-enactment of her speech to the English land forces assembled at Tilbury in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. A commercial postcard printed for the Aldershot Tattoo in the late 1920s. As all roles in the tableaux were performed by service personnel, and women had no recognized permanent role in the British Army until as late as 1949, the role of Queen Elizabeth in this tableau had to be taken by a man

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

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Identifier: cv43nx06f
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: 1925 to 1929?
Genre: Photographs
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Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 print : process print, offset-litho ;
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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