Si on avait assez de fonds pour acheter toutes les consciences qui sont à - vendre...les acheter ce qu'elles valent et les revendre ce qu'elles l'(sic)estiment, - ça serait ça une belle affaire! - Ah! fichtre!

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · January 28, 1840

A promoter, seen from the front, seated in his office to the right, listens, leaning his elbow on the desk, seated near him in the foreground, with his legs crossed. In the background, on the cover of a ledger box, one sees written, "Actions, Dividendes. Projets, Statistique, (C)ontentieux, Procès..."