WXDA Record #1197
No title.
15 June 1833
Summary
News report about Irish vagrants being gathered in London, from Cork and Dublin, prior to being sent back to ireland. "The apperance of the applicants bore a greater resemblance to a tribe of predatory savages than to members of a civilized community--the women bony-featured and barelegged, their faces blackened with the sun, wrapped up in remnants of blankets or tattered male clothing, each carrying an infant ..."
Full Title
15 Jun 1833. No title. Times p. 6 c. E.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 15 June 1833
- Cross-dressing activity
- Begging
- Cross-dressing occupation
- Beggar
- Locations
- LondonView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a man
- Item format
- News report; Crime Report
- Motive
- Livelihood
- Discovery of cross-dressing
- Circumstance
- Attire
- Male garb
- Social rank
- Lower class
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Racialization
- Irish
- Tone of Report
- Negative
- Venue