FREGOLI, Leopoldo (1867 – 1936). Three Postcards of the Qui...

FREGOLI, Leopoldo (1867 – 1936). Three Postcards of the Quick-Change Artist. Italian, 1910s – 20s. Including two RPPCs with medallion and half-length portraits of the famous transformist, and a third printed card showing him dressed as sixteen different characters he appeared as on stage. Divided backs, one postally used, one corner clipped.

So effective and rapid were the changes from one character to another made by Fregoli that some viewers believed he used body doubles to accomplish his tricks. To dispel this rumor in London he invited journalists backstage to watch him work.