Costume of the French writer Pierre Beaumarchais, 1732-1799. Satirist, spy and journalist in powdered wig with pigtail or queue in ribbon, justaucorps, waistcoat, breeches and buckle shoes, writing with quill pen at a desk. Le Folliculaire. Handcoloured steel engraving by Jean-Baptiste Charles Carbonneau after an illustration by Emile Wattier, within a decorative cartouche by Bertrand, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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