Danny La Rue in drag. Photograph, 196-.

Date:
[between 1960 and 1969]
Reference:
2045298i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Danny La Rue in drag. Photograph, 196-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Danny La Rue looking at the viewer wearing a white fur stole, black gloves, makeup, earrings and a styled blonde wig.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1960 and 1969]

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

To Len, Danny La Rue (written in black ink, bottom recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Danny La Rue at the height of his fame, mid-1960s. Daniel Carroll (1927-2009) was born in Cork, Ireland, but brought up in central London, eventually becoming the most commercially successful drag entertainer of the twentieth century."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045298i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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