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Emma, as a sailor, captured on the high seas
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Title
Emma, as a sailor, captured on the high seas
Alternate title
Emma, as a sailor, captured on the high seas, and bound by pirates.
Publisher
[Boston : s.n.]
Date
[1844?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 10.2 x 8.6 cm
Description
Full-length of the woman wearing a sailor suit, lying on her back on the deck of a ship, while a man binds her hands. Four other armed men stand nearby.
Notes
In The life and sufferings of Miss Emma Cole (Boston, 1844), p. [19].
Emma Cole [later Mrs. Hanson] is probably a fictitious character.
Genre
Engravings -- 1840-1849.
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849.
Subject
Hanson, Emma Cole, -1829 -- Portraits.
Fictitious characters.
Women sailors.
Women.
Queer history.
Gender non-conforming people
Gender-nonconforming people.
Cross-dressing.
Related resource
http://librarycompany.org/crossdressing/section2.htm
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