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The surprising adventures of a female husband! [Frontispiece; title page]

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Title

The surprising adventures of a female husband! [Frontispiece; title page]

Collection

The surprising adventures of a female husband!

Names

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 (Author)
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Engraver)
Bailey, J. (John), fl. 1808-1824 (Printer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1810 - 1815
Place: London
Publisher: J. Bailey

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (Fielding, H./Surprising) 1813

Subjects

Hamilton, Mary, active 1746
Lesbians -- Great Britain
Gender identity -- Great Britain
Female-to-male transsexuals -- Great Britain
Homophobia -- Great Britain
Cross-dressers -- Great Britain
Flagellation
Crowds

Genres

Prints
Frontispieces
Title Pages

Notes

Exhibitions: Exhibited in "Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era," April-July 2005.
Content: Mary Hamilton. The prisoner being convicted of this base and scandalous crime was sentenced to be publicly and severely whipped four several times in 4 Market Towns, and to be imprisoned for 6 months. vide page 21.

Physical Description

Engravings

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15394554
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 28bd8420-c603-012f-0fcf-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1810

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The surprising adventures of a female husband! [Frontispiece; title page]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1810 - 1815. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bd8420-c603-012f-0fcf-58d385a7bc34

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1810 - 1815). The surprising adventures of a female husband! [Frontispiece; title page] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bd8420-c603-012f-0fcf-58d385a7bc34

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The surprising adventures of a female husband! [Frontispiece; title page]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bd8420-c603-012f-0fcf-58d385a7bc34

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