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Artworks
Matt Smith (British)
Family Romance I, (Fanny and Stella), 2024White earthenware, cobalt, glaze40 x 50 x 6 cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.Copyright The ArtistFanny and Stella. Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were Victorian cross-dressers known a Fanny and Stella. Both were gay men from upper-middle-class families, both enjoyed wearing women's clothes...Fanny and Stella. Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were Victorian cross-dressers known a Fanny and Stella. Both were gay men from upper-middle-class families, both enjoyed wearing women's clothes and both enjoyed taking part in theatrical performances—playing the women's roles when they did so.