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Skinny, homely man wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875–1966). A doggerel verse printed in red on the recto refers to the dancer’s charms as designed to “captiver un prince.” Addressed, stamped and postmarked on verso.

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Identifier: ns064625v
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s): A. Bergeret & Cie
Date Created: 1903
Genre: Ephemera
Places: France
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 14.1 x 9 (centimeters)
Language: French
Rights: No known copyright
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