A Living Example
An article about d’Eon de Beaumont published after fencing exhibition in Birmingham, England. Published in The Caledonian Mercury of Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 August, 1795 on page 4.
An article about d’Eon de Beaumont published after fencing exhibition in Birmingham, England. Published in The Caledonian Mercury of Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 August, 1795 on page 4.
Chevalier d’Eon by Thomas Stewart, after Jean-Laurent Mosnieroil on canvas, 179230 1/8 in. x 25 1/4 in. (765 mm x 640 mm) In the National Portrait Gallery, London. NPG 6937
News clipping from Aurora General Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 June 1791.
This painting was originally published in 1788 and is taken from another print published in 1779. It could not have been painted on her 25th birthday as it says in….
This is a caricature showing d’Eon de Beaumont is half male and half female attire. This was a common joke at the time, and there are actually records of bets….
This is a painting that many other paintings of d’Eon are based on. It was painted probably in or about 1775 when d’Eon was 48 years old. Possibly (probably) later…..
[Much of this I have not yet seen the primary documents to confirm, so I am using secondary sources for the description] By May of 1771 the London Evening Post….
Timothée S Musgrave and Chevalier D ‘ Eon This is a series of papers including letters between Musgrave and d’Eon. The peace refers to the Treaty of Paris in 1763…..
After d’Eon de Beaumont was unceremoniously pushed out of his position, he published a collection of documents he had collected over the years, including some secret correspondences with the Kings….
Essai historique sur les différentes situations de la France par rapport aux finances, sous le règne de Louis XIV & la régence du duc d’Orléans. Title Translated into English by….