Mary Read fights male pirate
Mary Read fights a fellow crew member on the beach whilst Anne Bonney spectates. Both Read and Bonney are said to have been attracted to one another despite neither of them being aware that they were both women. According to one witness the only deciphering characteristic the women shared to prove their sex was the largeness of their breasts, which is represented in the image
Picture No
11033354
Media ID
46101364
Size
5011px x 5650px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve, February 1932
Date
c. 1708-1721






























