Costume of a French lawyer, 18th century. Advocate in tricorne, coat, cravatte, waistcoat, breeches, buckle shoes, with large law book. Le Basochien. Handcoloured steel engraving by Eugene Pred'homme after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, 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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