WXDA Record #508
No title.
29 December 1785
Summary
"A seaman being asked how he liked Mrs. Jordan in breeches? answered, 'I like her rigging well, and I like her working well; for, do you see, she never missed stays.'"
Full Title
29 Dec 1785. No title. Times p. 2 c. D.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 29 December 1785
- Provisional Category
- Breeches Actor
- Cross-dressing occupation
- Actor
- Primary source topic
- Theatre; Dressed as a man
- Item format
- Anecdote; Jest
- Attire
- Breeches part
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Female
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Report Scope
- Central
- Alternate Names / Titles
- Universal Register. London.
- Column(s)
- D
- Page Numbers
- 2
People Mentioned in This Record
- Jordan(Subject of study)Mentions