Mary Ann Talbot resisting a pressgang
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Chronicle / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4750 x 2964 px | 40.2 x 25.1 cm | 15.8 x 9.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1797Photographer:
ChronicleMore information:
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mary ann talbot 1778 1808 donned male clothes and enlisted as a sailor during the napoleonic wars she was wounded in 1794 and later captured by the french. she returned to london in 1796 but the following year was seized by a pressgang shown here and was forced to reveal her gender.