Title

'St George and the Dragon and Mademoiselle Riposting', 1789. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'St George and the Dragon and Mademoiselle Riposting', 1789. Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810) lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C25_049

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,3Mb) / 17,2in x 11,3in / 5170 x 3383 (300dpi)

Keywords

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