Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.
- Date:
- [1929?]
- Reference:
- 2044944i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
- Online
About this work
Description
A close-up portrait of Billie Manders, late 1920s. The hair and make-up show Hollywood influence, with heavily plucked brows, false eye-lashes and precisely outlined lips. Manders was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from the early 1920's right up to World War II. Billie was a performer from a very early age and a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting a less exaggerated female appearance.
Publication/Creation
Leeds : Fielding, [1929?]
Physical description
1 photographic postcard ; 13.7 x 8.6 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Mr. Billie Manders.
Lettering printed in black on bottom recto
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2044944i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'
Location Status Access Closed storesNote