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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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Author: ROBERT COOPER (fl.1800-36)

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

Caption: '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]

Personalities: BEAUMONT • HENRY WILSON • MADEMOISELLE LA CHEVALIERE D'EON DE BEAUMONT

Technique/material: engraving

Credit: Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images

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Image size: 3981 × 5680 px | 64.7 MB

Print size: 33.7 × 48.1 cm | 1567.3 × 2236.2 in (300 dpi)

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