page_title: Cadet Rousselle
section_title: The man
hierarchical_section_title: Cadet Rousselle / The man
caption_attribution_description: Original caption: “Assiette en faïence stannifère de forme circulaire, à aile et marli, recouverte d'un émail blanc, sur terre ocre-jaune. Elle est ornée d'un décor imprimé monochrome dit à vignette, n° 3, appartenant à la série "Les gais refrains", légendée "Cadet Roussel". L'aile est rehaussée de deux liserets verts (bordures intérieure et extérieure de l'aile). Au verso&#160;: les traces des pernettes, un talon et sans marque imprimée et en creux le numéro 6. Figure en lettres imprimées noires les paroles de la chanson "Cadet Roussel".”
context_page_description: "Cadet Rousselle" was a popular French song that satirized a French bailiff by the name of Guillaume Rousselle, widely known as Cadet Rousselle.
context_section_description: Guillaume Rousselle was born in Orgelet, Jura on April 30, 1743, and died in Auxerre on January 28, 1807.
  In his 1945 book on Cadet Rousselle, Pierre Pinsseau details Rousselle's life in Auxerre beginning with his 1783 arrival in the town. The circumstances and exact date of Guillaume Rousselle's arrival in Auxerre are unknown, but it is believed to be 1763, one year after the death of his father. His first jobs included work as a domestic servant and lackey and later he worked as a bailiff's clerk.
  On March 15, 1780, he petitioned the Lieutenant General of the Bailiwick of Auxerre for the position of head bailiff of the Bailiwick and Courts of Auxerre. His eligibility for this position was confirmed by his Majesty on March 8, 1780, which shows that he had been living in the town for several years. 
  His appointment in 1780 as a Court bailiff provided sufficient income to allow the purchase of a small house, which had an old porch on top of which he added a construction in the shape of a narrow loggia.  He was seen as a  jovial bon vivant, a little eccentric, but he enjoyed the sympathy of his fellow citizens.
  In Auxerre, he was seen as "good revolutionary", perhaps a little too much so. After a stint in prison between 1794 and 1795, he carefully limited his activities to his official duties as bailiff.
  In his 1874 novel Ninety-Three, Victor Hugo  has Danton mock Robespierre for monopolizing the floor at the Convention for two hours:
  Cadet Rousselle made speeches
  That are not long when they are short.
caption: Other side of the plate
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