Artifact Reference List

Reference List for La Maupin Artifacts

This is my last picture I will show you this evening. This is me and another woman and we are dueling and I and sining. 

9.  This is a picture of me dressed as a man and the lovely lady doesn't know how I am.

8. This is Jean Baptiste Lully. He was one of the first people to bring Italian opera's into France. 

7. These are the type of swords I would have had back in my day of dueling.

                                                                               Mlle Maupin by Lesestre

6. This Illustration is from a 1835 article about me. 

5. This is a 1705 map and it shows the area around the Palais Royal, including the Place des Victoire, the Opera house, my home and the Rus St. Thomas de Louvre. 

4. This is a copy of a page of a book that Theophile Gautier wrote in the 1800s. The book is all about me and my adventures. the title is called Mdemoiselle de Maupin.

3. This Opera Tancrède André Campra wrote for me! It was the first opera in Paris written for a female lead who was not a soprano. 

2. This is a picture of the Palais-Royal Playhouse where I preformed in my day.

1.  In France I played Athena in the opera Cadmus & Hermione. This is not me singing. I sing it much better.