Phoebe Hassel [sic]; died at Brighton, 1821, aged 108
engraving, engraving
Accession Number
NAM.2009-09-7-1
Description
Phoebe Hassel [sic]; died at Brighton, 1821, aged 108. Engraving with manuscript title, artist and publisher unknown, 1830 (c). Shows Phoebe Hessel in civilian clothing gathering firewood. Phoebe Hessel disguised herself as a man and joined the 5th Regiment of Foot in the eighteenth century. She was wounded at the Battle of Fontenoy, War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) 1745.
Events
Fontenoy, Battle of, 1745 (War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748)
Units
People