A group of bogeymen catching and punishing bad children. Mr and Mrs Bogeyman beat kids while assistant Gatapiat brings a child in a wicker cage to a prison. At left, a father gives toys to a good boy, while mother fights off Mrs. Brique-a-Braque. Le redoutable M. Croque-Mitaine la terreur des petits mauvais. Satirical print published chez Jean, Rue St Jean de Beauvais, 1802. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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