Arrive a Chinon (verso)
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- Title:
- Arrive a Chinon (verso)
- Collection:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing in Europe and the United States, 1900-1930
- Publisher:
- ELD
- Photographer:
- Walery
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Location:
- Paris
- Country:
- France
- ID Number:
- RMM07778_B1_F20_194_02
- Collection Number:
- 7778
- Card Number:
- 7778_194
- File Name:
- RMM07778_b1_f20_194_02.jpg
- Work Type:
- Gelatin silver
- Materials/Techniques:
- Applied color
- Subject:
- Male impersonators
- Measurement:
- 14 x 9 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed “Ta soeurette [illegible]”. Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is conventional for iconography of Joan during her period of combat, she wears men’s clothing—in this case, an elaborate doublet and riding boots. Conversely, this image steps outside the convention by including a halberd-bearer accompanying Joan; the footsoldier is played by a young woman dressed in a doublet and man’s cap (but wearing quite feminine-looking pumps rather than military footwear). Including an additional cross-dressed character brings this image closer to the genre of trouser roles and gallant scenes.
- Cite As:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing, #7778. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing
- Series:
- France: Historical Illustrations: Joan of Arc
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 20
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of this image cannot be determined. While it appears here without formalities, it may be protected based on the laws of its country of origin. Without additional information on the image’s provenance, a determination cannot be made. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2019 from materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Professor Durba Ghosh and Brenda Marston, Curator of the Human Sexuality Collection. Cornell is providing access to the materials under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about this item and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu.