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A mechanical and critical enquiry into the nature of hermaphrodites
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Parsons, James Date: 1741 Topics: Intersex, Medicalization Subject: Androgyni, Hans Sloane, The Royal Society of London Description: This scientific treatises on intersex people presents a historical and biological overview. While motivated by reductive understandings of bodies and reproducing objectifying understandings of inte... -
Chatham, Oct. 30
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Fleet, T. Date: Apr. 15, 1756 Topics: Crossdressing, Sailors -
Gemmarum Series
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Mynde, James Date: 1745 Topics: Androgyny, Intersex people, Nude art Description: Etching of Roman Empire era jewelry cameos. Figure II depicts a person with breasts and a penis with satyrs. -
II Femminiello
Collection: Art Works Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Bonito, Giuseppe Date: 1740 to 1760 Topics: Arts, Canvas, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender diversity, Gender minorities, Painting, Painting, Italian, Portrait painting, Italian, Third gender, Transvestites Description: "This recently-discovered painting from eighteenth-century Naples is a testament to the city's exceptional social acceptance of local transvestites known as femminielli. The term, which might be tr... -
Some Account of Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jul. 1750 Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Sailors, Secrecy Subject: Hannah Snell
