Gelatin silver prints.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 346 Collections and/or Records:
Les Soeurs Mante de l'Opera, 1907
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 5
Identifier: 39
Scope and Contents
Suzanne and Blanche Mante, lead dancers for the Opera de Paris, enact a variation of an 18th-century galant scene.
Dates:
1907
L'invitation, 1900
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 13
Identifier: 114
Scope and Contents
Variant edition of L'Invitation.
Dates:
1900
L'invitation, 1903
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 13
Identifier: 113, 115-117
Scope and Contents
Set of four cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Male impersonator as aristocrat woos a female country girl encountered on a footbridge. The captions recount the tale: “Le Droit de passage,” “L’Invitation,” “Le Beau raisin,” “Le Goûter,” “La Déclaration.” Postage stamp and postmark on recto of each card. Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating “Carte Postale. Tous le pays étrangers n’acceptent pas la correspondence au recto (se renseigner à la poste)....
Dates:
1903
Liseron Parisiana, 1915
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 11
Identifier: 102
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Stage and silent-film actor Clara Faurens appearing at the Theatre de la'Odeon (Paris) in the role of Pierrot, the commedia della arte stock figure of the lovesick clown. Inscribed verso: Brief note to Jeanne Gorno signed E. Hacquet.
Dates:
1915
? Luzernow ?, 1905
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 9
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs of "Gauze, Canadian Indian Soprano." Sixteen are signed or inscribed by the subjects, with references to gay cabarets in Berlin, Cologne, Kiel, and throughout the country. Five are addressed to Paul Shafer and one to Asta, female impersonators of the period, who are also pictured on some of the cards. One postcard depicts Man de Wirth in costume,...
Dates:
1905
Ma belle Marquise, 1910
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 6
Identifier: 58-59
Scope and Contents
Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 1549.
Dates:
1910
Male and female impersonators in day wear, 1905
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 29
Identifier: 366
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, café-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1905
Male impersonator as 18th-century aristocrat, 1915
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 2
Identifier: 213
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, café-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1915
Male impersonator as a soldier, 1915
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 18
Identifier: 185
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, café-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1915
Male impersonator as soldier, 1917
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 27
Identifier: 360
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, café-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1917