Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.

Date:
[1929?]
Reference:
2044944i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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

Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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