Contributor |
Elton, Robert H., engraver. |
Title |
Stephens, Ellen. |
Alternate title |
Mrs. Ellen Stephens : who, in pursuit of her husband and child, garbed as a male served in the capacity of a cabin boy, eight
months on board of the Mississippi river steamboats, in 1841 and 1842 / Elton.
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Publisher |
[New York : s.n.] |
Date |
[1842?] |
Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 14.8 x 9.0 cm. |
Description |
Three-quarter length portrait of the woman wearing a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves, with her head down-turned, in tears. |
Notes |
In The afflicted and deserted wife, or, Singular and surprising adventures of Mrs. Ellen Stephens (New York, 1842), frontispiece. |
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Mrs. Ellen Stephens is probably a fictitious character. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
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Portrait prints -- 1840-1849. |
Subject |
Stephens, Ellen -- Portraits. |
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Fictitious characters. |
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Women sailors. |
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Gender non-conforming people |
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Gender-nonconforming people. |
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Queer history. |
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Cross-dressing. |
Related resource |
http://librarycompany.org/crossdressing/section2.htm |