CHT231015 \'Cinque-Tetes or the Paris Monster\', cartoon satirising the XYZ Affair, 1797 (colour litho) by American School, (18th century); Archives du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris, France; (add.info.: incident in Franco-American diplomatic relations; American Mission to France to negotiate agreement; sent by President John Adams (1735-1826); caricature refers to French requests for bribes to Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838), French Foreign Minister and an enormous loan to France;); 穢 Archives Charmet; American, out of copyright.