"The Hassans" in character, performing on stage. Photograph, 192-.

London (28 Augusta Street, E.14) : Lew Lewis, [between 1920 and 1929?]

1 photographic postcard ; 13.4 x 8.2 cm

The Hassans. Sauvenin E. Raslau[?] Feb. 19 / 27 Lettering printed in white on bottom recto and written in blue ink on centre recto

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Performers on the music-hall stage had to have a gimmick to get noticed. The Hassans, pictured on this postcard of ca. 1927, certainly have gone all out in the costume department . A 'slave' in clown make-up, fringed skirt and towering straw hat fans a 'Salome' style dancer of indeterminate gender wearing so much in the way of costume and accessories that it cannot have been easy to perform."

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Wellcome Collection 2045018i