A man holding a fish and some flowers in a basket.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
Reference:
2058868i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man holding a fish and some flowers in a basket. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2022: A man holding a fish and some flowers in a basket, as well as a fishing rod; the fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Coloured photographic postcard, 19--.

Description

The fish may represent "poissons d'avril", April fool's jokes, and the flowers may be pansies, representing thoughts, "pensées" in French. The fish, flowers and the man's clothing have been hand-coloured.

Publication/Creation

Paris : Sol, [between 1900 and 1999]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : print and gouache ; 13.6 x 8.8 cm

Series

Contributors

Lettering

1 avril. Made in France. Bears number: 3098

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. 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 2058868i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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