Costume of a prosecutor of the ancien regime, 18th century. Lawyer in black cap, powdered wig, black justaucorps, breeches and buckle shoes, with cane. Le Procureur. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pegard 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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