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[Ellen Tremaye alias Edward] de Lacy Evans / N. White, photo.

[Ellen Tremaye alias Edward] de Lacy Evans / N. White, photo.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAEdxm1

[Ellen Tremaye alias Edward] de Lacy Evans / N. White, photo.

About this item

Full title

[Ellen Tremaye alias Edward] de Lacy Evans / N. White, photo.

Author / Creator

Date

ca. 1879

Call Numbers

P1/220

Record Identifier

npAEdxm1

Reference Code

152639
Physical Description

Contents

Photographs - 10.3 x 6.5 cm. - 1 carte-de-visite

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : created before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Full-length double portrait of Ellen Tremaye as a female (in ca. 1877 costume) and as her male alias Edward de Lacy Evans

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Ellen Tremaye alias Edward] de Lacy Evans / N. White, photo.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 881161...

Signature / Inscriptions

Titled at lower edge
"The woman of Bendigo always dressed as man" in pen on reverse

Published information

Published in: Margot Riley. "Crossing the Line : cross-dressing @ the Library", SL (State Library of New South Wales magazine), Summer 2010/2011, pp. 12-15

Contextual Information

Source

Presented Apr 1997

Administrative / Biographical history

For a contemporary account see The history and confession of Ellen Tremaye alias de Lacy Evans, the man-woman. Melbourne : Wm. Marshall, printer, 1880. Location Number: A920.8/T Mitchell Library

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

P1/220

Record Identifier

npAEdxm1

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAEdxm1

Other Identifiers

Reference code

152639

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