"Jean Baptiste Treilhard Member Of The Directory In Grand Costume, Engraving Circa 1798"
Jean Baptiste Treilhard, member of the Directory in full suit, hand-enhanced color engraving Jean-Baptiste Treilhard, born in Brive (Corrèze) on January 3, 1742, was a lawyer in the Parliament of Paris (1761), deputy of the Third Estate in the Estates General by the city of Paris ( 1789), president of the Paris criminal court (1791), deputy for Seine-et-Oise at the National Convention (September 12, 1792), president of the Convention (December 28, 1792 – January 10, 1793), member of the Committee of Public Safety , elected to the Council of Five Hundred (October 15, 1795), president of this assembly, member of the court of cassation, ambassador to Naples (1796), member of the Directory (May 15, 1798), vice-president (April 4, 1800), then president (January 1, 1802) of the Seine tribunal, councilor of state (1802), created count of the Empire on April 24, 1808, minister of state (March 30, 1809), died in Paris on December 1, 1810.