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The Chevalier d'Eon (left), wearing a military hat and the order of St. Louis around neck, stands, partly draped, on a pedestal before a jury of twelve ladies (right) who are to decide upon d'Eon's sex, a matter which has for several weeks deeply engaged "the polite and stock-jobbing world". 1 June 1771 Etching with some engraving
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