Two gay men in an art gallery looking at a painting of a female nude. Colour process print after Caport, 195-.
- Caport.
- Date:
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- Reference:
- 2059359i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
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About this work
Publication/Creation
London : [publisher not identified], [between 1950 and 1959?] (Printed in England)
Physical description
1 print : process print, printed in colours ; 13.8 x 8.6 cm.
Contributors
Lettering
"I tell you it doesn't look at all like a pansy.". Caport. 652.
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The word 'pansy' may have been equivocal in 1910 (see Wellcome Library no. 2059305i ), but by the 1950s it was in general use as a pejorative term for gay men".
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2059359i
Type/Technique
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Subjects
Where to find it
Romantic fantasy and comic postcards
Location Status Access Closed stores