French smuggler and highwayman Louis Mandrin, 1725-1755. Robin Hood figure who rebelled against the Ferme generale of the ancien regime. In tricorne, coat, breeches, boots, armed with pistol and sword. Handcoloured steel engraving by AB after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, within a decorative cartouche by Anne Modave, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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