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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.
Wellcome Collection

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

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or the Chevalier D'Eon. Female minister plenipo. Capt. of Dragoons &c, &c.

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