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Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Print shows 8 vignettes with figures on horseback identified by various attributes, such as the figure at top left, "Le Marquis de la triste figure" or the melancholy marquis followed by "Le pere la Joie", "Mr. Gringalet", "Gille en belle Humeur", a clown on horseback, "Le Diable qui les soufle", the Devil with a bellows, "Le Procureur", a justice wearing robes and a wig with feathered horns, his finger mimics his nose as he points to the right, "l'Huissier", a bailiff holding a paper labeled "Sentence" and hanging onto the cape of "Le pauvre Debiteur", the poor debtor.

Printed on upper right corner of plate: No. 105.
Paper has a watermark at center is shaped like a seashell with a saw-tooth edge on a flat base.
(DLC/PP-1983:172.36)
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Equestrian equipment and Horse Race Images.

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01/01/1750
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Library of Congress
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