Concept
Role reversal
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Hercules and Omphale: Omphale uses a knife to cut off the male garments of Hercules in order to replace them with female clothing. Engraving by L. Davent, 154-, after Primaticcio.
Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504-1570.Date: 1540-1549Reference: 2814448i
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The world turned upside down: oxen drive men, women serenade men and give them roses, a horse sits in a carriage drawn by men, a horse rides on the back of a man, the sheep chases the lion, everything is reversed. Coloured etching.
Reference: 36061i
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Oscar Sabo dressed as a woman with Josefine Dora dressed as a man, as flamenco dancers. Photographic postcard by L. Willinger, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929]Reference: 2064346iPart of: James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
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A man taking the pulse of another man. Albumen print.
Edward S. Bare.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 46782i- Pictures
Hercules and Omphale: Omphale teaches Hercules to spin thread from a distaff to a spindle. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1643, after S. Vouet.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: 1643Reference: 2814451i