Mme Pipelet gate ses petits chats

Inscription: "Addressed to Louise Hautain. Brief, unsigned note in upper margin of recto of each card." Series of three postcards representing humorous scenes from the daily life of a frumpy old lady played by a cross-dressed older man with a expressively rubbery face and a quite large nose. The illustrations may portray a comic character created by writer Ferdinand Gaultier in such theatrical pieces as Mme Pipelet millionaire, scene de grande bouffe (1861). Postage stamp and postmark on verso of each card. On recto of one card, one word is scratched off of message in upper margin with minor loss to background of photo. SOURCE: ThÃ©Ã¢tre-Beaumarchais. Mme Pipelet millionaire, grande scÃ¨ne bouffe. Paroles de Ferdinand Gaultier. ExÃ©cutÃ©e par Bartholy (1861); full text posted on Gallica; consulted Oct. 31, 2014: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ ark:/12148/bpt6k55655464"

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Identifier: m039k519v
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s): Clayette
Date Created: 1904
Genre: Ephemera
Places: France
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 9 x 14 (centimeters)
Language: French
Rights: No known copyright
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