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Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Engraving.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by T. Chambers after R. Cosway, 1787.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Reproduction after J.G. Huquier.

Two scenes of Le Chevalier D'Éon fencing at Angelo's Fencing Academy. Reproductions of watercolours, 1904, by T. Rowlandson.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman: shown half in woman's, half in man's attire. Engraving.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1810.

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Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman: shown half in woman's, half in man's attire. Engraving.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1810.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Reproduction after J.G. Huquier.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Engraving.

Espionage

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Works from the collections

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman: shown half in woman's, half in man's attire. Engraving.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1810.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Reproduction after J.G. Huquier.

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Engraving.

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