[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other
Summary
Print shows a man, possibly Armand-Gaston Camus, wearing a garment fashioned entirely from "assignats" (French paper money before the livre), several men (identified by number in the caption) are standing around him pulling notes in various denominations from his body.
Title from de Vinck.
Caption: N. 1. C...us. 2. Cha...er. 3. Charles La...th. 4. Bar...ve. 5. Brissotin. 6. Abée Fauchet. 7. Mulot. 8. Pas...et. 9. Sabot. 10. Vieux Militaire. 11. Groupe de Député Cherchant à Brissoter.
de Vinck, 3130
Blum, 166
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Tags
Date
1600 - 1700
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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