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Chevalier dEon, who many years passed as a woman, 1728-1810. French diplomat, spy, soldier and professional fencer who dressed in womens clothes from 1777. Author of La Vie militaire, politique et privee de Mademoiselle dEon, 1779. Depicted aged 59 in bonnet, fichu and dress with the Order of Saint Louis. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper after a 1787 portrait by Richard Cosway from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
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Chevalier dEon, who many years passed as a woman, 1728-1810. French diplomat, spy, soldier and professional fencer who dressed in womens clothes from 1777. Author of La Vie militaire, politique et privee de Mademoiselle dEon, 1779. Depicted aged 59 in bonnet, fichu and dress with the Order of Saint Louis. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper after a 1787 portrait by Richard Cosway from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
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4410 x 6964 px | 87.9 MB
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37.3 x 59.0 cm | 14.7 x 23.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1728-1810 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ARMY: SOLDIER • ARTFORM: LITHOGRAPH • AUTHOR • BONNET • BOOK OF WONDERFUL CHARACTERS • CHANGING ROOM • CHARLES GENEVIÈVE LOUIS AUGUSTE ANDRÉ TIMOTHÉE D'EON DE BEAUMONT • CHEVALIER DEON • CITY OF LONDON • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • CROSSDRESSER • DRESS • DRESSED • ECCENTRIC • EXTRAORDINARY • FICHU • FRENCH DIPLOMAT • GARMENT • GEORGIAN • HABIT • HENRY WILSON • INTERSEX • JAMES CAULFIELD • JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN • LA VIE MILITAIRE • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHER • LITHOGRAPHY • LONDON • MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES • MENSWEAR • OF REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC PERSONS IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES • ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PICCADILLY • POLITIQUE ET PRIVEE DE MADEMOISELLE DEON • PROFESSIONAL FENCER • REGENCY • REMARKABLE • RICHARD COSWAY • ROBERT COOPER • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • SPY • STIPPLE ENGRAVING • TAILOR • TRANSVETITE • TROOPS • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WOMAN • WOMEN • WOMENS
