Fred Spencer smoking a pipe.
- Date:
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Reference:
- 2064349i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
- Online
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced April 2022 Fred Spencer in male dress smoking a pipe. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Description
Photograph of Fred Spencer seated in profile looking down wearing a dark suit and smoking a pipe.
Publication/Creation
[England?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929]
Physical description
1 photographic postcard ; 13.7 x 8.6 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Mrs Avis yours truly Fred Spencer 1927 (written in ink, recto)
Notes
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Fred Spencer out of costume. The British music hall comedian Fred Spencer (fl. 1880-after 1949), a much-loved pantomime dame for three generations. His roles, as Widow Twanky, Jack's Mother in Jack and the Beanstalk, the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella, were all pretty much interchangeable, and designed to aid as much as possible the physical comedy of these performances."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2064349i
Type/Technique
Languages
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Where to find it
Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'
Location Status Access Closed storesNote