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Peasant swindler with assignats, 1795
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Peasant swindler with assignats, 1795

Alexandre Tardieu · 1795 · kleurenets; engraving; hand coloring; paper

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Peasant swindler with many different types of worthless French assignats, 1795. On top of the pile of securities lies a print of a beggar.

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print'trompe l'oeil'bank-notebeggarFranse Revolutie
Credit lineBoerenbedrieger met assignaten, 1795. 1795. Alexandre Tardieu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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