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Portrait: Cross-dressing, gender switching and related issues
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Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., A boy dressed as a girl, Carte de visite, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33032
L.K. Oldroyd, n.d., Bearded Lady, Carte de visite, J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, LL/33847
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., Man wearing woman‘s attire, Carte de visite, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, LL/33754
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1890s (ca), Japanese Noh actor, Carte de visite, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33045
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1890s (ca), German or Austrian woman dressed as a soldier, Carte de visite, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33046
Erwin Frères (Paris), 1870 (ca), Leonide Leblanc, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34099
François Franck, 1865 (ca), Cross-dressed men, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34102
Bayard & Bertall, 1865 (ca), Man with muff and bonnet, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34103
Unidentified photographer, 1896 (ca), A man with a moustache dressed in women's clothing; he is wearing an exotic costume with corset type doublet and hose, carrying a whip, Wellcome Collection, LL/36786
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1950s (ca), Turkish boy, Postcard, made from studio portraits, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33044
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., A woman dressed as a priest, Carte de visite, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33031
Unidentified photographer, 1925 (embossed date), Theatrical scene including a man dressed as a woman, Real photo postcard, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33033
H.N. King (Bath), 1860s, James Rogers dressed as Miss Eily O'Connor in a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's "the Colleen Bawn", Carte de visite, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33580
Herbert Watkins (London), 1860 (ca), Frederick Robson as Medea, first performed at the Olympic in 1856, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34089
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1860, Francis William Hudson as Anne in an amateur production at Cambridge of "the Seventh Shot", Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/34092
Southwell Brothers, 1862, Jimmy Rogers as Miss Eily O'Connor in a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's "the Colleen Bawn", Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34093
Southwell Brothers, 1862, Jimmy Rogers as Miss Eily O'Connor in a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's "the Colleen Bawn", Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34094
Southwell Brothers, 1862, Jimmy Rogers as Miss Eily O'Connor in a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's "the Colleen Bawn", Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34095
Southwell Brothers, 1865, Hon. Lewis Wingfield as Miss Yellowleaf in a revival of "the Bengal Tiger", Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34096
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1865 (ca), John Lawrence Toole in an unidentified role., Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/34097
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1867, Captain Arthur Rotton as Widow Twankey in an amateur production at Canterbury of "Aladdin", Carte de visite, unmounted, Paul Frecker, LL/34098
Norman and Burnide (Newport, Wales), 1892, W.S. Penley as "Dona Lucia from Brazil" in "Charley's Aunt", Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/34104
Studio Piaz, 1933, Josephine Baker in tuxedo and top hat, Gelatin silver print, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/33516
London Stereoscopic Company, 1898, Beatrice Ferrar in a revival of "the Club Baby" at the Avenue Theatre, London., Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/34105
Gertrud (Austria), 1920 (ca), Cross-dresser, Real photo postcard, Paul Frecker, LL/34106
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1920s (ca), Turkish woman, Postcard, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33043
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1930, Turkish women, Postcard, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33047
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1930, Turkish woman, Postcard, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33048
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1920s (ca), Turkish women, Postcard, Private collection of John Toohey, LL/33049
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Untitled [Odd cross-dressing of a man dressed as a baby in a pram with a rattle and another man dressed as the mother.], Gelatin silver print, Select Vernacular Photographs / Norman Kulkin, LL/33752
Unidentified photographer, 1945 (ca), American queen, Gelatin silver print, snapshot, Paul Frecker, LL/34110
Man Ray, 1923, Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp), Gelatin silver print, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/33042
Claude Cahun, 1927 (ca), Self-Portrait (I Am in Training, Don't Kiss Me), Gelatin silver print, Christie's - New York, LL/23713
Unidentified photographer, 1925 (ca), Richard Colley, Gelatin silver print, Paul Frecker, LL/34109
Jürgen Klauke, 1972-1973, Self portrait, [Self-Performance I.L.M.], Gelatin silver print, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/33547
Weegee, 1950 (ca), Transvestite in Paddy Wagon, Gelatin silver print, Lee Gallery, LL/3296
Rafael Goldchain, 1999, Self-Portrait as Dona Aida Precelman Ritten de Goldchain, [Familial Ground], Lightjet chromogenic print, Provided by the artist - Rafael Goldchain, LL/20992
Arthur Tress, n.d., Bride and Groom - included in "Memories" with photographs by Arthur Tress and the poems of Guillaume Apollinaire, Platinum print, 21st Editions, LL/1356
Neal White, 1970s-1980s (ca), Untitled, [Sideshows], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Neal White, LL/33746
Charles Gatewood, 1972 (taken) 1981 (print), Portrait of Cockette, [Sidetripping], Gelatin silver print, Robert Tat Gallery, LL/26379
William Coupon, 1978, August, Drag artist at Studio 54, Archival inkjet print, Provided by the artist - William Coupon, LL/33750
Charise Isis, 2006, Snake Eyes (Isis Vermouth), [Hudson Valley of the Dolls], Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned, Provided by the artist - Charise Isis, LL/33753
William Coupon, 1980, August, Roberta, [Drag Queens from Sydney, Australia], Archival inkjet print, Provided by the artist - William Coupon, LL/33748
Aristeo Jiménez, 1982, La Felipa, [Barrio La Coyotera], Gelatin Silver Print, NaturalFiber Paper, Provided by the artist - Aristeo Jiménez, LL/34041
Joseph-Philippe Bevillard, 1993, Drag on 6th Ave, NYC, Black and white print, Provided by the artist - Joseph-Philippe Bevillard, LL/34067
John Sevigny, 2008, Man dressed as a woman, Monterey, Mexico, C-print, digital, Provided by the artist - John Sevigny, LL/34070
John Sevigny, 2010, February, Transvestite in Monterrey bar, C41 print, Provided by the artist - John Sevigny, LL/35805
Debra Frieden, 2008, April, Title 6, Black and white archival print, Provided by the artist - Debra Frieden, LL/34077
   
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