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Village caricature No. 2, The contract, cartoon, print, Caricature of a group of villagers gathered before a notary reading a text to a standing young man., printmaker: Cézaire, France, publisher: Basset, Paris, c. 1750 - c. 1820, paper, etching, hand coloring, hand-colored, height 216 mm x width 323 mm, notary, fool, simpleton, numskull, civil law, villagers, villeins (Dutch: 'dorpers'), A crowded indoor scene shows a group of people gathered around a table where a man with spectacles leans forward reading a sheet of paper while seated in a red upholstered chair, wearing a yellow striped coat and resting an elbow on a green cloth on the table that also holds books, a quill and an inkwell; a young man in a blue coat and red neckerchief stands before him holding a black hat with a red ribbon, flanked by a woman in a white apron and green bodice wearing a folded white headpiece and a uniformed man in blue with a fur cap and yellow epaulettes who looks toward the couple; an elderly woman in a white cap and green skirt sits with a cane next to another seated woman in a red jacket and white bonnet, while behind them two men in coats and tricorne hats stand, one pointing and the other touching his face, and architectural elements are sketched faintly in the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Village caricature No 2 contract cartoon print Caricature group villagers gathered notary reading text standing young man printmaker Cézaire France publisher Basset Paris c 1750 - c 1820 paper etching hand coloring hand-colored height 216 mm x width 323 mm notary fool simpleton numskull civil law villagers villeins Dutch dorpers crowded indoor scene people gathered table man spectacles leans forward reading sheet seated red upholstered chair wearing yellow striped coat resting elbow green cloth also holds books quill inkwell young man blue coat red neckerchief stands holding black hat red ribbon flanked woman white apron green bodice wearing folded white headpiece uniformed man blue fur cap yellow epaulettes looks couple elderly woman white cap green skirt sits cane next another red jacket white bonnet them two men coats tricorne hats stand pointing touching face architectural elements sketched faintly background