Digital Transgender Archive
Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
A man wearing a false beard has his hand above the head of the man in drag. The Scottish comedian Ralph Mellor and an unidentified actor, apparently performing a skit on the 1895 novel and play 'Trilby' by George Du Maurier. The Svengali character is shown trying to exert his influence over the drag Trilby
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- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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1920 to 1929?
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Photographs
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Female impersonators
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Still Image
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1 photograph : photoprint ;
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