Parisian Dresses for 1797. Les Croyables, au Péron (BM 1948,0214.407)

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Parisian Dresses for 1797. Les Croyables, au Péron (BM 1948,0214.407)

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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

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1797
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British Museum
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