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Chevalier D-E-n returned, or, the Stock-Brokers outwitted
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1771 Topics: Etching, Gender diversity, Magazine illustration, Passing (Gender), Stockbrokers Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée -
The trial of M. d'Eon by a jury of matrons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1771 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Jury, Social norms, Visual arts Subject: Chevalier D'Eon Description: "The Chevalier d'Eon (l.), wearing a military hat and the order of St. Louis round his neck, stands, partly draped, on a pedestal before a jury of twelve ladies (r.) who are to decide upon his sex,... -
"The Trial of M. D'Eon by a Jury of Matrons" (Frontispiece, The Town and Country Magazine - May, 1771)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: May 1771 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Law Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eonism Description: According to the Transas City website: "A very unique item which highlights part of the furore over the gender identity of the Chevalier d’Eon. In May 1771, the Town and Country Magazine of Eng... -
Garçon et fille hermaphrodites vus et dessinés d'après nature par un des plus célébres artistes et gravés avec tout le soin possible pour l'utilité des studieux
Collection: Academic Papers and Publications Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Moreau, Jean Michel Date: 1773 Topics: Intersex, Medicalization, Nude art Description: French language study of intersex people with two illustrations. The illustrations are done in the style of artistic nudes, but feature anatomical labels - both sexually and medically objectifying. -
d'Eon in his study
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Le Roy, Jacques Date: 1775? Topics: Crossdressing, Engraving, Etching, Gender diversity, Letter writing Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, Restif de La Bretonne Description: Depicts a possibly female figure wearing male attire writing a letter at a table before a window in a study or library. Books fill shelves in the rear while two others lie open on the table, one ti... -
Curious Sketches of Singular Characters
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Granger, James Date: Sep. 7, 1775 Topics: Beauty standards, Courts, Crimes, Intersex people, Masculinities, Politics, Royalty Subject: Mary Frith, Richard Brown -
Memoirs of the Chevalier D'Eon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jul. 1777 Topics: Gender, Lawyers, Secrecy Subject: Chevalier D'Eon -
Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or, the Chevalier d'Eon: Female Minister Plenipo. Capt of Dragoons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Sep. 1777 Topics: Clothing, Engraving, Etching, Gender bending, Gender diversity, Military, Portrait prints, British Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée Description: Full length portrait of D'Eon dressed half as a man and half as a woman. The left side of the figure wears a full and elegantly styled dress, with hair piled high in the pyramidal fashion of the ti... -
Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1778 Topics: Animals, Clothing, Social norms, Sports, Visual arts Description: Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?] Two well-dressed young ladies meet before a farm house. On the left, ... -
Translation of the Chevalier's Farewell Letter to the Public
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jan. 28, 1778 Topics: Courts, Gender, Politics -
An Actress at her Toilet, or, Miss Brazen Just Breecht
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jun. 24, 1779 Topics: Actors, Animals, Clothing, Crossdressing, Visual arts Description: The interior of a well-furnished dressing-room. A young woman stands in the centre, arms akimbo, putting on a pair of breeches and looking towards the mirror which stands on a dressing-table (right... -
A morning frolic
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Mar. 25, 1780 Topics: Animals, Appearance, Clothing, Couples, Crossdressing, Soldiers, Visual arts Description: Two people in a bedroom by a table set for tea. One is wearing a dress, along with a soldier's hat and a sword; conversely, the other is wearing soldier's vestments and has a women's wig and fan. -
Mr. Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: 1781 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Etching, Opera Subject: Charles Bannister, John Gay -
The Metamorphosis
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Fielding, John Date: Sep. 1783 Topics: Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Gender, Love -
Delpini a la Rossi
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: Apr. 26, 1785 Topics: Crossdressing, Etching, Opera, Performing arts, Visual arts Description: "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer. Beneath the title is etched: "Grace was in all her Steps" &c."--British Muse...
