John Law, 1671-1729, Scottish economist and banker who served as Controller General of Finances under the French Regency, 1715-1723. In purple coat and breeches, hose, bootlets, with quill pen and scroll. Jean Law. Controleur General des Finances sous la Regence. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomte’s Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.

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