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An amateur actor in drag, posing as as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-.

"Ninon" The naughty girl?

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

In a topical theatrical burlesque, an amateur drag performer, one Trevor H. Smith, poses as 'Ninon', one of the characters in the popular 1920 London revue 'As you were'. In the lyrics of the hit song from this show, popularised by the French star Alice Delysia, Ninon was the mistress of Louis XIV, and a 'very naughty girl'

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Identifier
qv33rw94m
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1920 to 1929?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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