'The Chevalier D'Eon', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

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'The Chevalier D'Eon', (c1878). Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont, (1728-1810), also known as The Chevalier d'Eon, lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]

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