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-.
- Date:
- [between 1940 and 1949?]
- Reference:
- 2059379i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
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About this work
Publication/Creation
England : Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Art publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen and to her Majesty Queen Mary, [between 1940 and 1949?] (Printed in England)
Physical description
1 print : process print, printed in colours ; 14 x 8.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
"Would you care to walk this way, sir?" "Wot me? Not bloomin' likely." Tuck's post card. Postcard 79. R.T.S. trade mark
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A well-known gay stereotype, the clothes shop assistant. The implication here is quite unequivocal. Fast-forwarded thirty years to the 1970s, this might be a gag in the long-running television series 'Are you being served?', in which the camp shop assistant Mr. Humphries was effectively portrayed by the camp actor John Inman".
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2059379i
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Where to find it
Romantic fantasy and comic postcards
Location Status Access Closed stores