Photograph of Cornelia Otis Skinner.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1960?]
Reference:
3306368i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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About this work

Also known as

Best wishes, Cornelia Otis Skinner (written in blue ink, bottom recto)

Description

Black and white photographer of Cornelia Otis Skinner, an American writer and actress, seated in a suit jacket and white blouse, and holding a small dog. Skinner wrote the novel 'Our Hearts Were Young and Gay' in 1942, and starred in The Univited in 1944, both of which have been noted for lesbian homoerotic subtexts.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified], [between 1920 and 1960?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Reference

Wellcome Collection3306368i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album on lesbian depictions, male impersonation, gender and masculinity

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