Plate 3 of a series of satires on the speculations surrounding Chevalier d'Eon's sex.
Caption continues: The sex of Miss Epicæne being incontestibly determined by the Birth of a Male Child without the intervention of a husband, she is elected Queen of the Amazons, & chuses for her Royal Consort the Guardian & Protector of Liberty; but as they are proceeding to celebrate the Nuptial Rites in the Temple of the Amazons, Don Quixotte appears, defies the future husband to single combat, disputes his Right to her Person & declares that Miss Epicæne is a Virgin, though Sancho Panzais [sic] all the time in dispute with F------& the trusty Wine Merchant (now her Amazonian Majesty's Standard-bearer) about the honour of being Foster-father to the Young Prince her Son.
Print refers to the Chevalier d'Eon's mysterious disappearance from London for about six weeks during late May and early June 1771, which was reported in some newspapers as being for the purposes of confinement and the birth of a child (seen here in the satyr's arms at right). In fact, d'Eon's absence seems to have been due to concerns about their personal safety: such large sums had been wagered on the determination of their sex that d'Eon feared being kidnapped by someone bent on discovering it.
D'Eon (right) is led by the hand by Wilkes towards an altar (left), behind which stands a Jewish priest with two attendants. Wilkes holds the cap of liberty on a staff in his right. hand. Don Quixote, in armour, holds out his arms to prevent their approach to the altar. Behind d'Eon walks the wine-merchant holding aloft a trophy consisting of d'Eon's hat, sword, order of St. Louis, jack boots, and (?) breast-plate. D'Eon turns round to look with anxiety at Sancho Panza who is threatening with his fists a nude satyr in clerical wig and bands who carries an infant in his arms. The temple is indicated by large pillars (left) and a heavily-draped curtain.