Costume of Courtier-Marron, agent provocateur. He wears a foxskin hat or soldier's bicorn, short brown jacket of barracan, grey wool trousers, short leather boots, holding a cudgel. His unusual hairstyle was seen generally on deserters or soldiers on leave. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from "Costumes of the Directory," Rouquette, Paris, 1875. The etchings were made from designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner after prints of the era 1795-99. The costumes are from theatre productions "Merveilleuses" and "Pres Saint-Gervais" by Victorien Sardou.