Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942

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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.

From the description of Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79392341

From the guide to the Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University)

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referencedIn James McNeill Whistler collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942, collector. Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895. Houghton Library
creatorOf James McNeill Whistler collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942, collector. Photograph albums, ca. 1865-1895. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Arthur Weston person
associatedWith Aubrey Beardsley. person
associatedWith Cameron Studio corporateBody
associatedWith J. H. Hogg person
associatedWith J. Palmer Clark person
associatedWith Mendelson person
associatedWith Pollitt, Herbert person
associatedWith Pollitt, Herbert Charles Jerome, 1871-1942, collector. person
associatedWith Scott & Wilkinson corporateBody
associatedWith Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903. person
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Female impersonators
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Birth 1871

Death 1942

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