Tranny Collection (page 3)

FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954). Mexican artist. Kahlo dressed in mens clothing (center), with her mother Matilde, sister Cristina, and other family members

Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining
A transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing

Mary Ann Talbot resisting a pressgang
Mary Ann Talbot (1778 - 1808) donned male clothes and enlisted as a sailor during the Napoleonic Wars; she was wounded in 1794 and later captured by the French

Two Edwardian men dressed as suffragettes - either supporters of the cause or lampooning it (in some form). Sadly, no further details exist. Date: circa 1910

Business card design, woman in male costume
Business card design, depicting a glamorous woman in male costume, including tie and wing collar, jacket, trilby hat and gloves. Date: 20th century

JANET FLANNER (1892-1978). American journalist. Photographed in costume for a fancy dress ball at Paris, France, 1925

Street Carnival in Paris, 1757 (oil on canvas)
XIR90028 Street Carnival in Paris, 1757 (oil on canvas) by Jeaurat, Etienne (1699-1789); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Trick in the Comic Dance in Mother Goose - Mr Grimaldi & Mr Bologna, print made by O Keeffe, c
XJF493401 Trick in the Comic Dance in Mother Goose - Mr Grimaldi & Mr Bologna, print made by O Keeffe, c.1805 (engraving) by English School

Madame Vestris in the role of Don Giovanni from Mozarts opera Don Giovanni
BAL78071 Madame Vestris in the role of Don Giovanni from Mozarts opera Don Giovanni (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; English

Chevalier d Eon, from Biographica Curiosa, Or, Memoirs of Remarkable Characters
XJF778838 Chevalier d Eon, from Biographica Curiosa, Or, Memoirs of Remarkable Characters of the Reign of George the Third by George Smeeton, published 1820 (engraving) by English School

Portrait of Chevalier d Eon, 1788 (engraving)
XJF618968 Portrait of Chevalier d Eon, 1788 (engraving) by Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chevalier d Eon)

The Chevalier d Eon as a Dragoon, 1779 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR287642 The Chevalier d Eon as a Dragoon, 1779 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Robin de Montigny (fl.1785); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Chevalier d Eon, dressed as a woman (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR287641 The Chevalier d Eon, dressed as a woman (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Chevalier d Eon as a Dragoon, 1779 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR287640 The Chevalier d Eon as a Dragoon, 1779 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Bradel, P. Jean Baptiste (fl.1768-83); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Chevalier d Eon, dressed as a woman (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR287639 The Chevalier d Eon, dressed as a woman (engraving) (b/w photo) by Bradel, P. Jean Baptiste (fl.1768-83); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

LUCIA ELIZABETH MATHEWS (1797-1856). Known as Madame Vestris. English actress and opera singer. As Don Giovanni in Giovanni in London. English etching, 19th century

CHARLES D EON DE BEAUMONT (1728-1810). French secret agent and transvestite. Mezzotint, 1771, after a painting by Huquier

FARINELLI (1705-1782). Nee Carlo Broschi. Italian soprano castrato. Caricature drawing by P.L. Ghezzi, 1724, of Farinelli playing a female role during a performance in Rome

Transvestite hoeing his Victory Garden. The humorous caption reads: " From a Busy Old Hoer" !!! Date: 1943

Scenes from pantomimes of 1882 at London theaters. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper
ENGLAND: PANTOMIME, 1882. Scenes from pantomimes of 1882 at London theaters. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

The Last Ditch of the Chivalry or a President in Petticoats. A Northern satire on the capture of Jefferson Davis
PRESIDENT IN PETTICOATS. The Last Ditch of the Chivalry or a President in Petticoats. A Northern satire on the capture of Jefferson Davis. Lithograph cartoon by Currier and Ives, 1865

CROSS DRESSER, c1750. Christian Davis, commonly called Mother Ross, an English woman who masqueraded as a man to serve in the Royal Military. Line engraving, English, early 19th century

ENGLAND: PANTOMIME, 1881. Scenes from London Christmas pantomimes of 1881, at the Drury Lane Theatre and at Covent Garden. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789. Screaming bread, bread, bread, women of Paris, France, some disguised as men, storm the Town Hall and plunder everything in sight. Contemporary German line engraving

EDWARD HYDE (1661-1723). 3rd Earl of Clarendon. English colonial administrator in America. Hyde in female dress when governor of New York as Lord Cornbury. Wood engraving

CHARLES D EON DE BEAUMONT (1728-1810). French secret agent and transvestite. Line and stipple engraving, 1791

DEBORAH SAMPSON (1760-1827). American Revolutionary soldier. Line engraving, 1797

PIRATES, 1724. Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of piracy, 28 November 1720, at a Court of Vice Admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in island of Jamaica. Line engraving, English, 1724

HOGARTH: FOUR TIMES OF DAY. Morning. Steel engraving after the original etching, 1738, by William Hogarth

DAVID GARRICK (1717-1779). English actor, producer and dramatist. As Sir John Brute in a farewell performance, 1776, of Sir John Vanbrughs The Provoked Wife

The male carriage. Cartoon print showing an elaborately dressed woman with a key around her neck, possibly a transvestite. Date 1787 March 25

Group of Transvestite Ladies. Four women dressed as men lounge around a table, drinking champagne and beer and dressed in sharp mens suits nd soft hats

Genetic sexuality. Conceptual computer artwork of male and female symbols in front of DNA helices (deoxyribonucleic acid), representing the genetic component of sexual identity

Transgender balance, conceptual artwork
Conceptual artwork based on the popular Transgender Pride symbol devised by Holly Boswell, crossed with the yin-yang symbol, showing calm

SILENT FILM STILL. Marion Davies

SILENT STILL: MAN IN DRAG. From left, Jack Duffy, Evelyn Francisco, Lionel Belmore, Ann Pennington, Julian Eltinge and David Jones in Madame Lucy, 1925

Man dressed as a woman - Amiens, France
Rather butch man dressed as a woman - Amiens, France. The card is signed: Your Dearest Bud

Cross-dressing male dancer
An amusing postcard depiction of a cross-dressing male stage performer from the north-west of England in frilly white dancers attire and silk headband

Panto Robinson Crusoe
Lydia Thompson (1836-1908) in the part of Crusoe, which in pantomume is traditionally a transvestite role

Chevalier D eon, Mason
Charles-Genevieve-Louis- Auguste-Andre Timothee, le Chevalier d Eon, French adventurer and transvestite, depicted here as a Freemason in 1768

Nellie Farren
ELLEN Nellie FARREN actress who is best known as Principal Boy and other transvestite parts : here as Ganem in The forty thieves

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