Roman citizen applying for a job in toga and sandals, ancient Rome. The tunic worn falling over the heels was the sign of pretension. In a square with arch, obelisk, statues. Citoyen Romain, Postulant en Emploi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L’antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.


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