Sujet
Chevalier D'Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman', 1822.
Légende
'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
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F21_288
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,7Mo (2,6Mo) / 33,7cm x 48,1cm / 3981 x 5680 (300dpi)