{"product_id":"signed-by-her","title":"Signed by her.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“Mademoiselle Chevalière d’Éon” [= Charles-Geneviève d'Éon de Beaumont (1728–1810)].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAutograph letter signed \"La Chre D'Éon\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eTonnerre, 25 January 1780.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFolio, 1 p. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn autograph letter signed in the feminine form by the celebrated transgender pioneer, diplomat, soldier and spy Charles-Geneviève d'Éon de Beaumont, better known as the Chevalier(e) d'Éon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe letter concerns the shipment of a cask of wine, but what gives the document its particular significance is not its commercial content but the form in which it was written. Following the royal decree of 1777 recognizing d'Éon as female and requiring the adoption of female dress, d'Éon increasingly signed correspondence as \"La Chevalièr\u003cb\u003ee \u003c\/b\u003ed'Éon\", employing the feminine form of the title \u003ci\u003echevalier\u003c\/i\u003e. In the present letter the writer concludes with the feminine formula \"Votre très humble et très obéissante servante\" before signing \"La Chre D'Éon\", providing a striking example of the female identity publicly assumed during the final three decades of d'Éon's life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe letter concerns the shipment of a cask of 1779 white Tonnerre Burgundy wine to a Paris lawyer named Guillaume. D'Éon details the preparation of the cask for transport and requests a receipt from the recipient. A contemporary acknowledgment of receipt confirms the successful delivery five days later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOne of the most remarkable figures of eighteenth-century Europe, d'Éon served Louis XV as diplomat, military officer, and secret agent. During diplomatic missions in Russia and England, d'Éon became a central figure in the secret intelligence network known as the \u003ci\u003eSecret du Roi\u003c\/i\u003e. Speculation concerning d'Éon's sex became an international sensation during the 1760s and 1770s, culminating in official recognition as a woman by the French Crown. The resulting public identity has made d'Éon one of the earliest and best-documented transgender figures in European history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003epartially browned, otherwise good.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artem Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733147312471,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9248\/9647\/files\/8231cf7d-ef0f-44a2-8f6a-4eacb16aa6de.png?v=1780908845","url":"https:\/\/artemrarebooks.com\/products\/signed-by-her","provider":"Artem Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}