694830 The Chevalier d\'Eon dressed as a woman and with the attributes of freemasonry (coloured engraving) by English School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Charles d\'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810); French political adventurer; sent by Louis XV to Russia as a secret agent (1755); minister plenipotentiary in London (1762-63); Captain of Dragoons; celebrated swordsman; took part in fencing tournaments until seriously wounded in 1786; lived in London from 1785 and died there in poverty in 1810;).