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The True Story of the Chevalier d'Eon: Part 1
18 minutes Posted Nov 14, 2012 at 9:51 am.
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Recently, London's National Portrait Gallery acquired a portrait of the Chevalier d'Eon, the first oil painting in its collection to feature a man in women's clothing. Learn how Louis XV's underground foreign policy led d'Eon to acquire a female identity.

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