Sailors preparing for a concert party performance. Coloured process print after H. Gervise, 191-.

Toulon (Quai Cronstadt) : Raffaelli, [between 1910 and 1919]

1 print : process print, printed in colours and with gouache ; 9 x 14.5 cm.

Preparing for a ship sing song. H. Gervise.

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

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Art card showing preparations for the kind of drag show performed in concert parties by and for troops stationed away from home. One sailor is being laced into a corset. Other comic roles shown are the policeman and the cowboy, along with costumes for a Turk or Mesopotamian".

Wellcome Collection 2059444i