Title

'The Chevalier D'Eon', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Chevalier D'Eon', (c1878). Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont, (1728-1810), also known as The Chevalier d'Eon, lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D51_020

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,4Mb (2,2Mb) / 12,2in x 20,6in / 3648 x 6167 (300dpi)

Keywords

unusual England female women woman people male job man men country French France guy occupation British English dress location century Britain profession lady concept transvestite B&W full length MONOCHROME gender cross-dressing publication 19th century black & white black and white B W publisher 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Charles Mademoiselle la Chevaliere d'Eon de Beaumont portrait Old and New London Cassell Unknown Edward La Chevaliere d'Eon de Beaumont Beaumont la Chevaliere d'Eon de Eon de Beaumont Walford Edward Walford Cassell & Company Ltd Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont Chevalier d'Eon Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Edward Walford portrait