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Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or, the Chevalier d'Eon: Female Minister Plenipo. Capt of Dragoons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Sep. 1777 Topics: Clothing, Engraving, Etching, Gender bending, Gender diversity, Military, Portrait prints, British Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée Description: Full length portrait of D'Eon dressed half as a man and half as a woman. The left side of the figure wears a full and elegantly styled dress, with hair piled high in the pyramidal fashion of the ti... -
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... -
Men at Work
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Prince, Winthrop Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005 Topics: AIDS education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ comics, Safer sex Description: A comic by W. Prince about common misconceptions about HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing. -
Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1778 Topics: Animals, Clothing, Social norms, Sports, Visual arts Description: Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?] Two well-dressed young ladies meet before a farm house. On the left, ... -
Mr. Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: 1781 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Etching, Opera Subject: Charles Bannister, John Gay -
My Aim Is True
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Prince, Winthrop Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005 Topics: AIDS education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ comics, LGBTQ+ people with substance use disorders, Safer sex, Sexual health, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Description: A comic by W. Prince about substance abuse and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. -
Painting of Carmen Rupe
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Langlois, J Date: 1997 Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Painting Subject: Carmen Rupe Description: This is an acrylic painting on canvas of Carmen Rupe with a snake by J Langlois. -
Photo collage of Francis Blair in various costumes and at various ages
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1930 to 1970 Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Francis Blair Description: Photo collage of Francis Blair in various costumes and at various ages. Most of the cutout photos of Blair in the collage are examples of fem drag looks, with the exception of one masculine drag lo... -
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 Performer Wearing Yellow Flower
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. -
Respect to the Power
Collection: Art Works Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Ralph, Yohah Date: Unknown Topics: Leather community, Painting Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Yohah Ralph Description: Photograph of painting. Handwritten note on back: "Respect to the Power"..."Portrait of Bet Power, Northampton, Massachusetts Painted July, 1987 by Yohah Ralph" -
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
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. -
Sir Lady Java
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles Date: 1989 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color Subject: ACT UP, Sir Lady Java Description: One of a series of signs that were carried by ACT UP members in the Long Beach and Los Angeles pride parades in 1989. -
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...
