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<p>Charles Lorrain (1864-1933), actor</p>

Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

The James Gardiner Collection.

James Gardiner Collection: romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

1 photographic postcard ; printed in sepia ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

A man admiring a bowl of flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man offering Easter eggs and flowers. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

A woman gazing at a man who holds her arm; representing a romantic new year. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.

A man holding three fish and some flowers; the fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding the shape of a heart decorated with roses and holly. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.

A man holding a bunch of flowers; representing good wishes. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding an Easter egg and flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 192- (?).

A man holding pink and white flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 192- (?).

A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "Think of me". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).

A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "I love you". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).

A man holding flowers and a horseshoe; representing a romantic new year. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A young woman holding roses sits lovingly next to a young man playing the violin. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A young man holding roses, engaging the viewer. Colour photographic postcard, 1928.

A young man holding roses, engaging the viewer. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding flowers and a cane. Coloured photographic postcard, 1925.

A young man holding roses. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

A young man holding a flower, letter and a cigarette, marking the feast of Saint Eligius. Colour photographic postcard, 1928.

A young man seated holding flowers and a note. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

A young man holding flowers and smiling; with Happy Easter wishes in gold. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A young man, in profile, reading a note. Photographic postcard, 1927.

A person holding large flowers, glancing to the side.

A young man holding a decorated model of a fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

A young man holding flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 1924.

A man holding Easter eggs and flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding a fish and some flowers in a basket.

A young man holding flowers inset centrally within a circle, larger flowers are in opposing corners. Coloured photographic postcard, 1919.

A young man holding flowers. Photographic postcard, 1937.

A young man holding flowers, his head resting in his hand; with "Bonne Fête" in gold. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding a clarinet to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding an envelope above flowers; representing a romantic new year. Coloured photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

A man holding a clarinet, celebrating Saint Cecilia's Day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1934.

A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.

A young man holding a note. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.

A man holding an accordion with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's Day. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

Three men in drag pulling silly expressions. Photographic postcard, 1906.

"Bill's Gay Nineties" cafe, New York City; including various scenes. Colour process print, 195-.

"The Gay Sparks" in conversation. Photographic postcard, 1929.

A portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by C. Janssen. Colour process print, 19--.

A portrait of Prince William of Orange by Antonis Mor. Colour process print, 19--.

A portrait of Charles I in needlework miniature form. Colour process print, 19--.

A portrait of Viscount Castlereagh. Process print, 19--, after Sir Thomas Lawrence.

A portrait of Michelangelo. Photographic postcard, 19--.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Photographic postcard, 1906.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Neuschwanstein castle. Colour process print, 190-.

H.R.H Prince Henry, wearing a top hat. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Clouds Hill, the residence of T.E. Lawrence. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Fred Barnes and his father playing cards. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Fred Barnes, inset in various poses, over a Union Jack flag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1912.

An actor in Elizabethan costume in conversation with two actresses. Photographic postcard by J.W. Debenham, 193-.

Fred Barnes. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Fred Barnes. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 19--.

Leslie French. Photograph, 192-.

William Fox. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Harry Pilcer. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Shaun Glenville. Photographic postcard, 1914.

Lilly Elsie and Ivor Novello in "The truth game". Photographic postcard, 19--.

Frank Vosper. Photographic postcard, 1927.

Bobbie Andrews. Photographic postcard by C. Harris, ca. 1920.

Master Philip Tonge.

Jeremy Spenser. Colour photographic postcard, 195-.

Robert Flemyng. Photograph, 195-.

Mischa de la Motte. Photographic postcard, 1937.

Jimmy Edwards. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Douglas Byng. Photograph, 1962.

Gilbert Harding. Photograph, 195-.

Adolf Wohlbrück (Anton Walbrook), in profile, wearing a trilby. Photographic postcard by Bender & Jacobi, 193-.

Billy Milton. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Adolf Wohlbrück (Anton Walbrook). Photographic postcard by Bender & Jacobi, 193-.

Frankie Howerd. Photograph, 195-.

Ralph Richardson. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Colin Clive. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Horst Buchholz. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor, as bride and groom. Coloured photographic postcard by Fox, 193-.

John Gielgud. Photographic postcard by D. Wilding, 193-.

Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Charles Laughton. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Anton Dolin as Satan. Photographic postcard, 193-.

The Bay City Rollers. Photographic postcard, 197-.

Alexis Rassine. Photograph by G. Anthony, 194-.

Rudolf Nureyev as Hamlet. Photograph by Reg Wilson, 196-.

Serge Lifar. Photographic postcard by C. Harcourt, ca. 1930.

Robert Helpmann as Comus. Photograph, 194-.

Peter Pears. Process print, 195-.

Pole Neshdanov (?), posing in profile, wearing a patterned robe. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Vaslav Nijinsky. Process print after Park Street Studios, 19--.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Photographic postcard, 191-.

George Nader. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Rudolph Valentino. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

Rock Hudson. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Doris Day and Rock Hudson in 'Pillow talk'. Photographic postcard, 196-.

Sal Mineo. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Horst Buchholz. Colour photographic postcard, 19--.

Louis Hayward. Photographic postcard, 196-.

Dirk Bogarde. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Charles Farrell. Coloured photographic postcard, 195-.

Paul Newman. Photographic, 196-.

Michael Redgrave. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Little Richard. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Russ Conway. Photographic postcard, 196-.

Johnny Ray. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Liberace, wearing red trousers. Colour photographic postcard after A. Leibowitz, 1981.

Jaque Catelain. Photographic postcard, 192-.

A dancer poses in make-up, barechested, wearing a shiny hat. Photograph, 1931.

Olaf Storm. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Roy Newlands. Photograph, 193-.

Pierre Pradier in his dressing room. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Gustav Fröhlich. Photograph, 192-.

Claude Henri Tissier. Photographic postcard by Studio de la Madeleine, ca. 1925.

Dorothy Ward and two men wearing smart evening attire. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Arne Molander. Photographic postcard by Atelier Balász, 192-.

Harry Hard. Photographic postcard by Davidsohn-Film, 192-.

Oscar Wilde. Process print, ca. 1910.

Maxim Gorky and F.I. Chaliapin. Photographic postcard, ca. 1900.

Walt Whitman. Photographic postcard after N. Sarony, 190-.

Jean Cocteau. Photographic postcard by Intran Studio, 192-.

Sir Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley. Photographic postcard, 192-.

James Agate. Photographic postcard, 193-.

André Gide. Photographic postcard after H. Martinie, 192-.

Hugh Walpole at Skiddaw House. Photographic postcard by G.P. Abraham Ltd., 192-.

Dublin Castle. Process print, 1904.

Rod La Rocque. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Billy Fury. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Reynaldo Hahn. Photographic postcard by H. Manuel, 190-.

Peter Wyngarde. Colour process print, 197-.

Russell Harty. Process print, 198-.

Truman Capote. Process print, 1983.

Anthony Perkins. Colour process print after Sam Lévin, 196-.

An illustrated maxim on the word "queer". Colour process print after N. Paterson, 195-.

The play "He was born gay": flyer for performance at Queen's theatre in London. Colour process print, 193-.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Lord Kitchener. Photographic postcard by Bassano, 1916.

General Gordon. Photographic postcard by Chalkley Gould & Co., 190-.

General Hector MacDonald. Photograph, 190-.

Androgynous fashions of the 1920s. Colour process print, 192--.

George Rossi Ashton drawing a man and a woman with pansies as faces. Photographic postcard, 190-.

The Disney character Goofy as a "gay dog", i.e. a gay man promenading on the sea front. Colour process print, 195-.

A man on a beach wearing smart attire. Colour process print, 192-.

An effeminate footballer insists on wearing feminine sportswear. Colour process print, 194-.

A cross-dressing man in a top hat; representing effeminate fashions for men. Colour process print, ca. 1910.

A man dressed in effeminate fashion. Colour process print, ca. 1910.

A man dressed in an effeminate fashion. Colour process print, ca. 1914.

A man dressed in effeminate fashions, with a dog. Colour process print, 192-.

A man in part-uniform and part drag , with a dog, in war-time. Colour process print after Reg Carter, 194-.

Two men in fashionable dress with linked arms. Coloured process print, 191--.

A man in a white suit smoking by the sea. Colour process print after P.V. Bradshaw, 1908.

A boy enjoying wearing female clothing. Colour process print, ca. 1919.

Two gay men in an art gallery looking at a painting of a female nude. Colour process print after Caport, 195-.

A boy applying face-powder being reproached by a girl. Colour process print after D. McGill, 1935.

A young man called Oscar is asked by his mother whether he wears hairpins (regarded by her as effeminate). Colour process print, ca. 1907.

A salesman in a clothes shop invites a customer to 'walk this way'; the customer finds his way of walking too effeminate.. Colour process print, 194-.

Two men sleeping in the same bed; representing rest. Colour lithograph, 190-.

Men in swimming costumes. Colour process print after A. Massonet, 192-.

Charles Lorrain. Photographic postcard, 19--.

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Charles Lorrain. Photographic postcard, 19--.

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