694831 A Fencing Duel at Carlton House in the presence of the Prince Regent between the Chevalier d\'Eon, dressed as a woman and Monsieur de Saint-Georges, 1787 (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; lived in London from 1785 and died there in poverty in 1810; Joseph Boulogne (1748-99), Chevalier de Saint-George; son of a French plantation owner in Guadeloupe and a slave, Nanon, of African origin; Director of Music for Queen Marie-Antoinette; appointed Director of Paris Opera by King Louis XVI; first person of African origin to be initiated as a mason;).