Permis de travestissement/ The French police delivers the permit of wearing men costumes for six months to the painter Rosa Bonheur so she can attend exhibitions, meetings, and balls… @credits Rosa Bonheur, born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was a French animalière, realist artist, and sculptor. Bonheur is widely considered to have been one of the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century.

Permis de travestissement/ The French police delivers the permit of wearing men costumes for six months to the painter Rosa Bonheur so she can attend exhibitions, meetings, and balls…

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Rosa Bonheur, born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was a French animalière, realist artist, and sculptor. Bonheur is widely considered to have been one of the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century.

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    Permis de travestissement. The...wearing men costumes for six months to
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    It is still illegal in France for a man to be dressed as a woman except in carnival time.
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    they gave crossdressing permits O_o you needed a permit to crossdress?? if I’m reading it right she wasn’t allowed to go...
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    An odd thing in history… an official permit for a woman to dress as a man in 1857 in France… For history lovers!
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