XIR347315 The Feast of Agriculture in 1796 at Paris (coloured engraving) by Lesueur, P. A. (1770-1850) & Lesueur, J.B. (1750-1850); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forts de la Halles in their special occasion large hats carry the oldest of their number, seated on a sack of flour and sheaves of corn; young farming and baking women attend them carrying baskets filled with bread, brioche and ears of wheat; procession to the temple of Ceres, classical goddess of cereals and plants, erected in the Champs-Elysees; a banner expresses honour and homage due to old age;); French, out of copyright.