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'Chevalier D'Eon', (1728-1810), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Chevalier D'Eon', (1728-1810), 1830. Chevalier D'Eon (1728-1810) French diplomat, spy, Freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years' War. With androgynous physical characteristics he successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830].

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'Chevalier D'Eon', (1728-1810), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

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'Chevalier D'Eon', (1728-1810), 1830. Chevalier D'Eon (1728-1810) French diplomat, spy, Freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years' War. With androgynous physical characteristics he successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Personalities:

RICHARD • BEAUMONT • MADEMOISELLE LA CHEVALIERE D'EON DE BEAUMONT • ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA

Technique/material:

engraving

Credit:

Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images

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Image size:

3930 x 5409 px | 60.8 MB

Print size:

33.3 x 45.8 cm | 13.1 x 18.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 19TH CENTURY • ALFRED HOWARD • ALFRED • AMBASSADOR • ANDROGYNOUS • ARTS • B & W • B / W • B&W • BEAUMONT • BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BLAZER • BOOK • BROCADE • CENTURY • CHARLES GENEVIÈVE LOUIS AUGUSTE ANDRÉ TIMOTH • CHARLES GRIFFIN • CHARLES • CHARLES-GENEVIEVE-LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ANDRE-TIMOTHEE EON DE BEAUMONT • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • COAT • COMPANY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • CROSS-DRESSING • CUMMING • DIPLOMAT • DRESS • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA • ENGRAVING • EON DE BEAUMONT • FRANCE • FREEMASON • FREEMASONRY • FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR • FRENCH • GRIFFIN AND COMPANY • GRIFFIN • GUY • HISTORIC • HOWARD • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • J CUMMING • J • JACKET • LA CHEVALIERE D'EON DE • LATERAL VIEW • LITERATURE • LOCATION • MADEMOISELLE LA CHEVALIERE D'EON DE BEAUMONT • MALE • MAN • MEN • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ONE PERSON • OVERCOAT • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROFILE • R GRIFFIN AND CO • RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY • RICHARD GRIFFIN AND • RICHARD • SEVEN YEARS WAR • SEVEN YEARS' WAR • SHELTER • SIDE VIEW • SILESIAN WAR • SOLDIER • SPORT COAT • SPY • T TEGG & SON • T • TEGG & SON • TEGG • TEXT • TEXTILE • TEXTILES • THOMAS TEGG • THOMAS • TITLED • TRANSVESTITE • WAR • WAR, SEVEN YEARS • WAR, SILESIAN • XVIII CENTURY