Costume of an administrator under the ancien regime, 18th century. In powdered wig, cravatte, coat, breeches, buckle shoes, seated at a desk with quill pen and money bag. L'Intendant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Cottard 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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