Beaumarchais flogged at Saint-Lazare

Beaumarchais flogged at Saint-Lazare. This hand-colored engraving from 1785 is attributed to Vincent Vangelisti. It is reproduced here from the BN-Éstampes, Collection Hennin 10,040; another copy is in the Collection de Vinck 898. A variant is in the Arsenal Cabinet d'Estampes (882)."

Detail (800 x 1042)