A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.
- Date:
- [ca. 1931]
- Reference:
- 2058882i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
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About this work
Description
Various elements of the image, including the trumpet and flowers, have been hand-coloured.
Publication/Creation
Paris : Fox, [ca. 1931]
Physical description
1 photographic postcard : print and gouache ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Vive Ste. Cécile.
Bears number: 5512. French inscription on verso.
Notes
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: An example of a genre of postcard popular throughout Europe in ca. 1905-ca. 1940, which shows a young man, often wearing make-up, holding flowers, or engaged in feminine roles, and which were sent to men and women to mark saints' days, send congratulations, or convey sympathies. The postcards are often hand-coloured, as here. The styles have 'dated': viewers in a later time perceive them as comic; the men seem effete and stiffly formal; and the sometimes heavily made-up or re-touched male figures appear to be stereotypical 'queens'.
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2058882i
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Where to find it
Romantic fantasy and comic postcards
Location Status Access Closed stores