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Person in Dress
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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... -
Portrait of Figure in Dress and Wig
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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).... -
See here presented to your view
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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... -
Sylvia Rivera Lounging
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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 Famous Flower of Serving-Men; or, the Lady Turned Serving Man
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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... -
The trial of M. d'Eon by a jury of matrons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1771 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Jury, Social norms, Visual arts Subject: Chevalier D'Eon Description: "The Chevalier d'Eon (l.), wearing a military hat and the order of St. Louis round his neck, stands, partly draped, on a pedestal before a jury of twelve ladies (r.) who are to decide upon his sex,... -
The Wife Turned Good-Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1770? Topics: Ballads, Farmers, Gender diversity, Gender role, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Wood-engraving Description: In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; there are dividing ornamental rules between the first and second as well as between the third and fourth columns. -
Three People in Suits, Speaking
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Three People in Suits, Standing