Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eugene Verneau & Henri Chachoin (printers (people))
Gesmar, Charles (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (made)
France (made)

Pictorial and typographic


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Gender and Sexuality
LGBTQ
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Tour poster advertising Barbette, female impersonator, 1926
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 59.8cm
  • Poster width: 40.1cm
Object history
Associated Production: Performer: Barbette (female impersonator). 1926. Performance category: circus, impersonator. Production type: tour.
Subject depicted
Barbette
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.240-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161846/poster-gesmar-charles/
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