One of the first portraits of a transvestite

[Prospero]

London's National Portrait Gallery has just purchased what is thought to be the first painted portrait of a transvestite. Passable?



http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jun/06/portrait-18th-century-early-transvestite?newsfeed=true

[noble1337]

passable? yeah.

but i wonder how long it took him to transition from ftm..

[Nowhere]

That seems to be some sort of later portrait. As usual, with no testosterone blockers or estrogen, a human body inevitably gets rather masculine over time. Chevalier d'Eon looked to be quite a bit more passable earlier on...

Chevalier d'Eon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_d%27Eon)

[natina]

reminds me of what I seen here

http://sarahstorm.wordpress.com/crossdressing-resources/

[youngblood61]

London's National Portrait Gallery has just purchased what is thought to be the first painted portrait of a transvestite. Passable?



http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jun/06/portrait-18th-century-early-transvestite?newsfeed=trueIMHO, no.

[Prospero]

They thought it was a woman or a long time until it got restored. When the grime came off they saw the 5 o'clock shadow.

[GroobySteven]

WTF .... it looks like me with a bad hat.

[Prospero]

An ancestor maybe?

[GroobySteven]

An ancestor maybe?

I'm not sure he should have procreated.