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Le Chevalier D'bEon, a man who passed as a
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R. Cosway, 1787
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Le Chevalier D'bEon, a man who passed as a
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1 print : stipple engraving Le Chevalier D'bEon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821. London : J. Robins & Co. Albion Press, 1 December 1821 1 print : stipple engraving October 1728 at Tonnerre. He received an excellent education, and by 1758 was a well-known man of letters inParis. Physically he was so fine-featured as to be able to pass easily as a woman, which enabled him to create 'Mademoiselle Lia de Beaumont' - his cover as spy for the 'Secret du Roi'. It was in this guise that he carried out several important and successful missions into Russia. However, so convincing was his adoption of the female persona that by 1769 COOPER, ROBERT

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Keywords: 1728-1810; portrait prints; spying; Transvestism; beon, charles-geneviaeve-louis; stipple prints

  • Italiano: Il Cavalier d'Eon (1728-1810) in abiti femminili e in età avanzata. Riproduzione del ritratto di R. Cosway, del 1787.
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  • Library reference: Contributor Reference (BRN 277) and ICV No 7295L
  • Photo number: V0007077
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