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Intersexuality

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  • A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Steel engraving by J.B.H. Bourgois after P. Bouillon, 1808.
  • Bas relief of Hermaphroditus. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.
  • Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting.
  • Heart: three figures, and the genital area of supposed hermaphrodites: two figures. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
  • Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting.
  • Sexual organs of the male, the female and hermaphrodites. Etching.
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Works

  • view Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.
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    Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 | Date: 1693 | Reference: 3095i
  • view L'hermaphrodisme : structure, fonctions, état psychologique et mental, état civil et mariage, dangers et remèdes / par Ch. Debierre.
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    L'hermaphrodisme : structure, fonctions, état psychologique et mental, état civil et mariage, dangers et remèdes / par Ch. Debierre.

    | Date: 1891
  • view Traite des hermaphrodits, parties genitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc.; ou sont expliquez la figure des laboreur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, defloration, conception, & la belle industrie dont use nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique : réimprimé sur l'édition unique (Rouen, 1612) / par Jacques Duval.
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    Traite des hermaphrodits, parties genitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc.; ou sont expliquez la figure des laboreur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, defloration, conception, & la belle industrie dont use nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique : réimprimé sur l'édition unique (Rouen, 1612) / par Jacques Duval.

    | Date: 1880
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    Man into woman : an authentic record of a change of sex / [Lili Elbe ; edited by] Niels Hoyer [i.e. E. Harthern] ; translated from the German by H.J. Stenning ; introduction by Norman Haire.

    Elbe, Lili, 1882-1931 | Date: 1937
  • view Anaesthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism, and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / Ed. by Sir W.G. Simpson, bart.
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    Anaesthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism, and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / Ed. by Sir W.G. Simpson, bart.

    Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870 | Date: 1872
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