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ROBERT COOPER. 'Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper.

ROBERT COOPER. 'Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822. Portrait of the secret agent, spy and cross-dresser Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810), in an elaborate bonnet and wearing a Maltese cross. In this disguise he was known as 'La Chevaliere d' Eon'. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. III, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821].
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'Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper.
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'Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822. Portrait of the secret agent, spy and cross-dresser Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810), in an elaborate bonnet and wearing a Maltese cross. In this disguise he was known as 'La Chevaliere d' Eon'. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. III, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]
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3981 x 5680 px | 64.7 MB
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33.7 x 48.1 cm | 13.3 x 18.9 in (300 dpi)
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