Leopoldo Fregoli in several inset portraits.
- Date:
- 1903
- Reference:
- 2044509i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
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The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Leopoldo Fregoli wears different costumes within five inset portraits, including one with a guitar and summer hat. Leopoldo Fregoli (Italian, 1867-1936) was the greatest 'protean' quick-change artist ever seen on the stage. This card shows him in just a few of his male and female disguises. He would play dozens of different characters in the course of his act, with total transformations being achieved in seconds. An international sensation, he appeared at the Palace Theatre London under the aegis of Alfred Moul in 1897. His name has been attached to 'Fregoli delusion' or 'Fregoli syndrome', a rare disorder whereby sufferers have a delusional paranoid belief that they are being persecuted by someone able to adopt different disguises"
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Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'
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