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  • Women in costume pose for a large group portrait on the street; for "Oh Marguerite". Photographic postcard, 1923.
  • Two people in theatrical costume side by side, in front of a painted backrop.
  • Hannah Snell, a woman who passed as a male soldier. Wood engraving, 1750.
  • Mary Anne Talbot, a woman who passed as a male soldier and sailor. Engraving by G. Scott, 1804.
  • Women in costume pose for a large group portrait on the street; for "Oh Marguerite". Photographic postcard, 1923.
  • Hannah Snell, a woman who passed as a soldier. Mezzotint by J. Young, 1789, after R. Phelps.
  • Hannah Snell, a woman who passed as a male soldier. Stipple engraving by Maddocks after R. Phelps.
  • Two people in theatrical costume side by side, in front of a painted backrop.