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MS Thr 447

Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942, collector. Photograph albums: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Thr 447
Creator: Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942, collector.
Title: Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895.
Quantity: 2 v.
Abstract: Two photograph albums of the British amateur female impersonator Jerome Pollitt.

Acquisition Information:

*2003MT-148. Gift of Frederick R. Koch, 825 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021; received: 1990 Nov.

Historical Note

Collector and connoisseur Herbert Pollitt, known as Jerome Pollitt, was an amateur female impersonator of late 19th-century England, who performed under the stage name Diane de Rougy. He was a close friend of the British illustrator and writer Aubrey Beardsley.

Scope and Content

Contains two photograph albums, one with albumen prints, cabinet cards, cabinet photographs, cartes-de-visite, and tintypes depicting Pollitt's early childhood and young adulthood. The other is primarily cabinet cards, depicting Pollitt dressed in female attire.

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