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