A tinted engraving of the _torso_, from a drawing by C. Turner, was published with the surgical attestation (see p. 331) by C. Turner, June 14, 1810. This print was never sold publicly, and was not to be obtained without an order from a magistrate. CARICATURES. In September 1777 was executed for the ‘London Magazine’—Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or the Chevalier D’Eon. Female Minister Plenipo., Capt. of Dragoons, etc. etc.—a full-length figure, the right half being a lady holding a fan, and the left half a man in uniform, with hat under the arm. In Paris was published a print similar to the above, illustrating both sexes, inscribed—Dédié aux dragons de l’armée. Another sketch that appeared in London, in 1778, represented the right half of a dragoon, with drawn sword in hand, back to back with the right half of a lady. Hail! Thou production most uncommon, Woman half-man and man half-Woman! In a caricature, by Gillray, of the Assaut d’armes at Carlton House in April 1787 (see pp. 308, 367), we see ‘the Chevalière D’Eon making a successful thrust and hitting Saint George in his right arm. A railing divides the combatants from a highly select audience, in which the Prince of Wales occupies the post of honour, while Mrs. Fitzherbert sits on his right hand, and a crowd of political and fashionable worthies exhibit the greatest interest in the contest.’ Other ludicrous drawings of this fencing-match made their appearance at about the same time. Needless to observe that the Chevalière D’Eon did not escape being made the subject of foul and obscene illustrations, in the same way in which it had become the fashion to treat the most distinguished and highest in the land! FOOTNOTES [1] Accused of being a fanatic, Eon de l’Estoile was committed to prison by the Council of Rheims on March 22, 1148, and died a few days later of the ill-treatment to which he was subjected by those in whose charge he was placed. See De Bois de la Chesnaye’s _Genealogical Dictionary_, for the D’Eon family. [2] Ch. MSS. 161. [3] Ch. MSS. [4] De la Fortelle, 126. [5] Ch. MSS. [6] Rede’s _Anecdotes and Biography_. London, 1779. [7] Valcroissant obtained his liberty after a twelvemonth’s confinement, through the instrumentality of D’Eon. _Lett. Mém._ &c. 1, 5. [8] _Russia Correspondence_, Public Record Office. [9] Gaill. 373-377. [10] This correspondence, arranged by Woronzoff and D’Eon, was not fully commenced until 1757. See _Mémoire_ on the Secret Correspondence in Russia, 1757-1774, by the Count de Broglio. Boutaric, ii. 465. [11] D’Eon to the Count de Vergennes, May 28, 1776: _Archives des affaires étrangères_. Gaill. 23. D’Eon to Louis XVI.: Ch. MSS. 861. [12] _Russia Correspondence_, Public Record Office. [13] See Argument. [14] _Russia Correspondence_, Public Record Office. [15] Campan, i. 190 [16] Note Book, dated 1754: Ch. MSS.