WXDA Record #601
No title.
27 May 1786
Summary
"Elegant youth", "attended by a foot boy" and a "perfect master of horsemanship" was visited only by "one Gentleman, well known for his aerostatic excursions." The youth fell in a riding accident and "a female character was discovered" when her ribs were examined at the hospital. She is "the sister of a celebrated actress." She has "like Madame D'Eon, resumed her proper dress" and is to be married.
Full Title
27 May 1786. No title. Times p. 3 c. C.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 27 May 1786
- Cross-dressing activity
- Romance; Sexual relations
- Locations
- LondonView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a man
- Item format
- News report
- Motive
- Romance
- Discovery of cross-dressing
- Wound
- Attire
- Male garb
- Source
- "A Morning Paper"
- Gender Manifestation
- "danced and fenced with great agility, and was a perfect master of horsemanship"
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Male; Female
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Age in Record
- 18