A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.

The "Argot" was an organized association of beggars, whose head, the "Coesre, Roi des Truands", resided at Paris. Members earned their living by simulating various diseases, so rousing the pity of the population

The beggars include women moving with the aid of crutches, men with amputated limbs and children on wheelbarrows

[Place of publication not identified] : Bisson et Cottard exc, [approximately 1850]

1 print : wood engraving

Le moyen age et la Renaissance, Mendiants, gueux, etc. pl.1. Gueux. Extraits des toiles peintes et tapisseries de la ville de Reims, executées au XVe siècle. F. Sere direxit

Wellcome Collection 43766i