Male impersonators
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Aristocrat and a country girl, 1905
Captioned: L'Invitation and La Declaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.
Aristocrat and Flower Girl, 1911
Eighteenth-century seduction scene: woman dressed as a male aristocrat woos a peasant-girl flower-seller against a studio backdrop of a sylvan scene.
Aristocrat courting, 1902
Complete series of five postcards showing a woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat who pays court to a woman in a flowered dress and with flowers in her hair. All the scenes are set against a blank studio backdrop.
Arrive a Chinon, 1905
Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is conventional for iconography of Joan during her period of combat, she wears men's clothing in this case, an elaborate doublet and riding boots. Conversely, this image steps outside the convention by including a halberd-bearer accompanying Joan; the footsoldier is played by a male impersonator. Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed "Ta soeurette [illegible]".
Bergere et Berger, 1904 - 1906
Series of two comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd.
Bessie Bonehill, 1904
Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront, 1910
Kuhn dressed as a gentleman with a top hat.
Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront, 1910
Kuhn dressed as a dandy with a monocle.
Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront, 1910
Kuhn dressed as a man holding a fly fishing rod.
Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront, 1910
Kuhn dressed in a military uniform holding a saber and a battalion flag.