Plate of the House of the Chevaliere D’Eon at Tonnerre

Plate of the House of the Chevaliere D’Eon at Tonnerre

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European Magazine. 1791. 5”x8”

Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon was a French spy, diplomat and soldier. D’Eon was born a man, and lived as a man for 49 years, but during that time infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman. D’Eon lived as a woman for 33 years.