Title

'Hyde', (1661-1723), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Hyde', (1661-1723), 1830. Edward Hyde (1661-1723) English aristocrat and politician who defected from King James II to support William III of Orange and appointed governor of the provinces of New York and New Jersey, from 1701-1708. Accused by his enemies of being a cross-dresser, he may have been transgender. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1661

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_297

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,6Mb (2,9Mb) / 13,4in x 17,5in / 4026 x 5258 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men arts politics country book guy British English political text location century Colonial Britain literature looking at camera B&W one person gender politician 17th century cross-dressing titled Governor 19th century black & white black and white aristocracy aristocrat politicians transgender nineteenth century statesman history seventeenth century The Print Collector colonialism earl Edward Hyde illustration direct gaze Governor of New York engraving portrait Unknown Edward Howard Richard Thomas Griffin Alfred Hyde T Company Thomas Tegg Tegg T Tegg & Son Tegg & Son Biographical Illustrations Alfred Howard Richard Griffin and Company R Griffin and Co Richard Griffin and Charles Griffin Griffin and Company Earl of Clarendon 3rd Earl of Clarendon