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Scrub
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: Feb. 15, 1786 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Etching, Male impersonators, Theatre Subject: George Farquhar, Mrs. Abington, The Beaux' Stratagem Description: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part).... -
Which is the Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: May 30, 1786 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Pets Description: Two smartly dressed youths facing each other sit on a bench under a tree. A small poodle sits by the one on the right, who has a more delicate appearance and resembles a face seen before in caricat... -
The assaut or fencing match
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas Date: 1787 Topics: Etching, Fencing, Gender diversity, Sporting events, Sports, Stipple engraving Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, Joseph Bologne, King George IV Description: A 1787 fencing match between a man and a woman in the elegant rooms of Carlton House, London. In the audience stands the Prince of Wales who had arranged this fencing demonstration between Mademois... -
The Feminine Gender
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Kingsbury, Henry Date: Feb. 2, 1787 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Femininities, Gender, Visual arts Description: A rather feminine-looking man walks to the left. He has a protruding "derrière" which makes his coat tails stand out and a very prominant bosom of ruffles. A large hat is set on top of curled hair... -
The Masculine Gender
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Kingsbury, Henry Date: Feb. 2, 1787 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Gender, Masculinities, Visual arts Description: A rather mannish-looking woman with a large hat and an enormous parasol walks away from us to the right, holding up her skirts in back with her left hand and revealing tall boots, stockings and a b... -
St. George and the Dragon
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac Date: Oct. 12, 1789 Topics: Boxing, Etching, Politics, Social norms, Visual arts Subject: Chevalier D'Eon Description: "A boxing scene (two couples): the Prince of Wales and Hanger are worsted by d'Eon and St. George. In the foreground (right) Hanger staggers backwards under the attack of St. George; his hat and bl... -
The Famous Flower of Serving-Men; or, the Lady Turned Serving Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1795? Topics: Change of name, Crossdressing, Household employees, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Royalty, Wood-engraving -
See here presented to your view
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1799 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Soldiers, Visual arts Description: Two people are depicted in a room, one is a Captain and one is dressing herself. -
Biography – Madam Chevalier D'Eon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Watters, James Date: Mar. 23, 1799 Topics: Crossdressers -
Biographical Memoirs of the Late Chevalier D'Eon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: 1810 Topics: Biographies, Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Lawyers, Marriage, Secrecy -
Eccentric Character
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: 1812 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft Subject: Mary Frith -
Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Sep. 3, 1817 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry Subject: Mary Frith -
Exquisite Dandies
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Robert, Cruikshank Date: Dec. 8, 1818 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, Social norms, Visual arts Description: Two men, referred to in the image as "dandies" are pictured dressing themselves. They speak to one another of their appearances. The men are depicted satirically. -
Portrait of Abigail Allen; Portrait of the Female Husband!
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1829? Topics: Drawings, Gender diversity, Marriage, Married people, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender) Subject: Abigail Allen, James Allen Description: Captions below images read: "Portrait of Abigail Allen, Wife to the pretended James Allen, she resided with her Associate for more than 21 years, ignorant of her real sex! and what is more astonis... -
Extraordinary Cause of a Female Husband
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 1, 1836 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Prisoners Subject: Eliza Cummings, George Moore Wilson, James Walker, Jane Walker Description: The North Carolina Standard (Raleigh, North Carolina)
