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  1. Das tapfere Mädchen

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator: Amster
    Date: 1813
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people in the military
    Subject: Eleonore Prochaska
    Description: Original ink and wash drawing by Amster for Das tapfere Mädchen. Dying person in soldier uniform attended by soldiers on woodland road.

  2. Das tapfere Mädchen von Potsdam, welches den Heldentod fürs Vaterland starb

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator: Ponheimer, Kilian
    Date: 1813
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people in the military
    Subject: Eleonore Prochaska
    Description: Color engraving by Ponheimer after Amster; dying person in soldier uniform attended by soldiers on woodland road.

  3. Dr. James Barry

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Cork LGBT Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1820
    Topics: Transmasculine people
    Subject: James Barry

  4. Emilia Plater leading on her troops, 1831

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1831
    Topics: Cross-dressing in art, LGBTQ+ people in the military
    Subject: Emilia Plater
    Description: Stipple-engraving; battle scene showing Polish officer (Plater) with standard and troops in foreground, infantry and lancers charging Russian position on wooded hill in background. Plater was a Pol...

  5. 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.

  6. Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: H.R. Robinson
    Date: 1836
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im...

  7. Making a Lancer. Suppose anyone could see us now

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator: Heath, William
    Date: 1830
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ cartoons
    Subject: Louisa Woolford
    Description: One of a collection of 6 hand-colored engraved military caricatures by and after Heath. 'An attractive young lady, Louisa Woolford, is being dressed in the uniform of a lancer by two others; two me...

  8. 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...