Chevalier d'Eon
(1728-1810), Cross-dressing diplomat, soldier and celebrity fencerCharles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont
Sitter in 24 portraits
The Chevalier d'Eon was a French soldier, diplomat, spy and fencing demonstrator who lived as a woman from 1777. D'Eon first came to London in 1763 to negotiate the end of the Seven Years War. Rumours that d'Eon was a woman in disguise were encouraged by d'Eon and widely accepted. D'Eon used secret letters to blackmail the French king, Louis XVI, and was paid an income from 1777 on the condition that d'Eon wore women's clothes. From 1785, d'Eon achieved fame in Britain as a celebrity female fencer.
Chevalier d'Eon ('The Trial of M. D'Eon by A Jury of Matrons')
by Unknown artist
etching, published in the Town and Country Magazine 1 June 1771
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D48171
Chevalier d'Eon ('The Trial of M. D'Eon by A Jury of Matrons')
by Unknown artist
etching, published in the Town and Country Magazine 1 June 1771
NPG D49715
Chevalier d'Eon ('Charlotte-Genevieve-Louise-Auguste-Andrée-Thimothée D'Eon de Beaumont')
by and published by Pierre Jean Baptiste Bradel
engraving and etching, 1779
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D48176
Chevalier d'Eon ('Charlotte-Genevieve-Louise-Auguste-Andrée-Timothée D'Eon de Beaumont')
by and published by Pierre Jean Baptiste Bradel
engraving and etching, 1779
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D48177
by Thomas Chambers (Chambars), published by Benjamin Beale Evans, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 12 July 1787
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by Thomas Chambers (Chambars), published by Benjamin Beale Evans, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 12 July 1787
NPG D49716
by Thomas Chambers (Chambars), published by Benjamin Beale Evans, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 12 July 1787 (1787)
NPG D20293
by Francis Haward, printed by L. Dorval, possibly after Angelica Kauffmann, possibly after Maurice Quentin de La Tour
stipple printed in colours, circa 1788
NPG D49714
by Jean Condé, published by John Sewell
stipple, published in the European Magazine 1 March 1791
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by Jean Condé, published by John Sewell
stipple, published in the European Magazine 1 March 1791
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by Unknown artist
stipple, etching and aquatint, early 19th century
NPG D48165
by Mackenzie, published by Thomas Hurst
stipple, published 1 January 1806
NPG D48166
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