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| Picture No | 10269692 |
| Date | 1797 |
| Description | Mary Ann Talbot resisting a pressgang |
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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.
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| Source | Unattributed engraving |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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