Title
Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822.
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]
Date
1822
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19F21_288
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 13,3in x 18,9in / 3981 x 5680 (300dpi)