Charles de Beaumont known as Chevalier Deon or Mademoiselle Beaumont was an extroverted character in the France of Louis XV Diplomat, Spy, Military, writer, adventurer person of great culture and intelligence, traveled to Russia as a secret agent, entered the circle of friends of the Czarina Isabel I obtaining the support of Russia to France in the War of the Seven Years, dismissed from his functions and relegated to secretarial positions, Charles de Beaumont decided to dress as a woman, becoming again the center of attention and conversation in the London of the XVIII century, claiming that he had always been a woman, such was the scandal that Louis XV intervened in his own person, Charles de Beaumont or Mademoiselle Beaumont spent her last years dressed as a woman, she died in London in 1810 where after the mortuary cleaning the doctors affirmed that she had masculine attributes.
AUTOR / AUTHOR :
Claude-Louis Desrais ( 1746 - 1816
GRABADOR / ENGRAVER :
Pierre Adrien le Beau ( 1744? - 1817 )
DATOS BIOGRÁFICOS / BIOGRAPHICAL DATA :
OBRAS DEL MISMO GRABADOR / WORKS BY THE SAME ENGRAVER
COLECCIÓN DE GRABADO EN RETRATO PEÑA-GINÉS: LE BEAU Pierre Adrien
MEDIDAS / MEASURES :
16 x 12cm
ESCUELA / SCHOOL :
Escuela Francesa / French School
TÉCNICA / TECHNIQUE :
Grabado a buril / Burin engraving
MATERIAL /MATERIAL :
Papier Vergé du 18e siècle
FECHA DE ESTAMPACIÓN / STAMPING DATA :
1780, S / XVIII
SERIES / SERIES :
Grabado del Siglo XVIII / 18th century engraving
COLECCIÓN DE GRABADO EN RETRATO PEÑA-GINÉS: Grabado siglo XVIII
Retratos en grabado del Siglo XVIII / 18th century portrait
COLECCIÓN DE GRABADO EN RETRATO PEÑA-GINÉS: Retratos en Grabado Siglo XVIII
Retratos de Francia / French portrait
COLECCIÓN DE GRABADO EN RETRATO PEÑA-GINÉS: Retratos Francia
CATÁLOGO / CATALOGUE :
Carpeta del Siglo XVIII, C 2 a - subcarpeta 2
18th century folder, C 2 a - subfolder 2
INSCRIPCIONES / INSCRIPTIONS :
" Charles Genevieve, Louis, Auguste, César, André, Timotheé, Déon de Beaumont, nee a Tonnerre en 1728 a eté avocat au parlement, Censeur Royal, Capitane de Dragons, Chevalier de St. Louis, Ministre Plenipotenciaire de France a la Cour d, Anglaterre "
REFERENCIAS / REFERENCES :
* Bibliothèque Nationale de France," número ark:/12148/cb1090066d
* Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin" inventario nº1b030568.