Sacre de Charles VII (verso)
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- Title:
- Sacre de Charles VII (verso)
- Collection:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing in Europe and the United States, 1900-1930
- Date:
- 1903 (postmarked)
- Country:
- France
- ID Number:
- RMM07778_B1_F20_199_02
- Collection Number:
- 7778
- Card Number:
- 7778_199
- File Name:
- RMM07778_b1_f20_199_02.jpg
- Work Type:
- Gelatin silver
- Materials/Techniques:
- Applied color
- Subject:
- Male impersonators
- Measurement:
- 14.1 x 9.1 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Complete series of eight postcards portraying key moments in the history of Joan of Arc, with particularly high production values and tasteful, understated color tinting including judicious use of gold highlighting. Each card has a caption indicating Joan’s presence at a particular place, along with a date and, in two cases, a brief tagline (from “Jeanne d’Arc à Dorémy / Jeanne entend les voix en 1425” to “Jeanne d’Arc brulée vive à Rouen / 30 Mai 1431”). The series represents Joan’s shift in gender presentation as a crucial framing device for her extraordinary story: The first postcard shows her dressed as a simple shepherd girl hearing mystical voices; the next five show her as the savior of France dressed in full armor, with a sword and battle standard, but with the long hair of a woman; the seventh shows her “devant ses juges” wearing a simple man’s doublet; and the final card shows her forcibly returned to women’s clothing, wearing a white gown while tied to the stake and licked by flames.
- 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.