2-714-157 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang', 1822. Portrait of Mary Anne Talbot (1778-1808), also known as John Taylor, an Englishwoman who wore male dress and allegedly became a soldier and sailor during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1797 she was seized by a press-gang and was forced to reveal her gender. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. III, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]