Parisian Dresses for 1797. Les Croyables, au Péron (BM 1948,0214.407)
Summary
Social satire; three men, one dressed in an extravagant height of fashion, with cane and gold earring, holding out papers labelled "Mandat Territor" to another, with a large neckerchief, cane, long hair and a tasselled hat with a tricolour cockade, who has coins in his hand; a pickpocket with a phrygian cap and fierce expression steals a handkerchief from the pocket of the first man. 24 June 1797
Hand-coloured etching with stipple
Date
1797
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain