Portrait of a Cross-Dressing Man, daguerreotype, [c.1850].
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Portrait of a Cross-Dressing Man, daguerreotype, gilt oval mount in leather case with eye for hanging, print approx. 55 x 45mm, frame approx. 75 x 60mm, framed, [c.1850].*** An exceptionally early photograph of a man dressed in women's clothes; there are other recorded examples but they are highly unusual and scarce. In this three-quarters portrait, the man is turned slightly to the left but looks directly into the camera. He is dressed in a long-haired wig, a bonnet, a silk scarf tied at the neck, a voluminous shawl and in his right hand he holds a watch at the end of its chain.
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Portrait of a Cross-Dressing Man, daguerreotype, [c.1850].
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