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Chevalier D'Eon, who many years passed as a woman.
1821
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Omega Project
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D West 45/GC106/Box 10a/Normal/18th-19th c./Artists A-Z GA 2012.01877
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1821/12/01.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Portraits, French—19th century
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d', 1728-1810—Portraits
- Female impersonators—Great Britain—18th century—Portraits
- Female impersonators—Great Britain—19th century—Portraits
- Spies—France—18th century—Portraits
- Spies—France—19th century—Portraits
- Jewelry—Great Britain—History—19th century—In art
- Earrings—Great Britain—History—19th century—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Chevalier D'Eon, who many years passed as a woman.
- Call Number
- D West 45/GC106/Box 10a/Normal/18th-19th c./Artists A-Z GA 2012.01877
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcd504s033p
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1821/12/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1821
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.3 x 16.2 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Stipple engravings
- Depiction: Bust portrait, 3/4 left profile of D'Eon disguised as a woman.
- Signed in plate, lower center: "Engraved by R. Cooper.".
- Signed in plate, lower center: "Published by J. Robins & Co. Albion Press, London, Dec. 1, 1821.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Portraits, French—19th century
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d', 1728-1810—Portraits
- Female impersonators—Great Britain—18th century—Portraits
- Female impersonators—Great Britain—19th century—Portraits
- Spies—France—18th century—Portraits
- Spies—France—19th century—Portraits
- Jewelry—Great Britain—History—19th century—In art
- Earrings—Great Britain—History—19th century—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0b798c01-972e-4df5-8217-be3d15deaeb8/manifest