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Chevalier d'Éon

French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England. (1728–1810)

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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. Mezzotint by Vispré.
  • The Chevalier D'Eon meets bankers in a London office or coffee-house to discuss wagers placed on whether D'Eon was a man or a woman. Engraving, 1771.
  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1810.

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Spies
Transvestism
Espionage
France
History, 18th Century