Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham
Alternative Title:
Pleasures of petticoat government
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"A soldier and a woman in deshabille swapping clothes; the woman standing hands on hips on the left wearing the sword and tricorn; the man sitting demurely on the right holding a fan and wearing a bonnet; tea-tray and four poster bed behind, a dog jum...
Alternative Title:
Transmutation of sexes
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cross dressing, Soldiers, Military uniforms, British, Boudoirs, Tableware, Furniture, Pets, and Clothing & dress
"The interior of a well-furnished dressing-room. A young woman stands in the centre, arms akimbo, putting on a pair of breeches and looking towards the mirror which stands on a dressing-table (right) in which a small monkey is also looking. A maid-ser...
Alternative Title:
Miss Brazen just breecht
Description:
Title from text engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, Clothing & dress, Cross dressing, Dogs, and Women domestics
"Scene in a stockbroker's office, or perhaps in Jonathan's or Lloyd's, a room with a small writing-desk (right) and on the wall a 'Table of Interest'. The Chevalier d'Eon, dressed as a man, enters from the left and is greeted by a stockbroker who take...
Alternative Title:
Stock-brokers outwitted, Stockbrokers outwitted, and Chevalier D'Eon returned
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
"A dandy lies back fainting in a chair, his limbs rigid, supported by three others while a fourth (left) draws the curtain, cutting off a view of the (distant) stage where a singer is posturing. The three supporters say: "I am so frighten'd I can hard...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 8th, 1818 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St.
"Portrait, half-length, directed to right, in military uniform, eyes to front, holding baton under her left arm; after Phelps."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait, almost half length, standing directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding baton tucked under left arm, right arm at her side, dressed in a man's military uniform with a cocked hat over chin-length curly hair, with a ribbon and a f...
