XIR287641 The Chevalier d\'Eon, dressed as a woman (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Charlotte Genevieve Louise Auguste Andree Timothee d\'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810); Eon; French diplomat; political adventurer; spy; sent by Louis XV to Russia as a secret agent; minister plenipotentiary in London; Captain of Dragoons under the Marshal de Broglie (1718-1804); celebrated swordsman; took part in fencing tournaments; Charles Louis Andre; freemason;); French, out of copyright.