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  • Travelling gypsies. Etching by Jacques Callot.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • Male beggar dressed in rags. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • One-eyed beggar woman. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A blind man with his dog. Etching by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A one-eyed beggar woman. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A beggar with a hurdygurdy. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Beggar with one crutch, seen from behind. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A beggar woman with three children. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Two pilgrims. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Beggar with a wooden leg. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Top: Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation, one (left) kneeling to hit his head against a rock, and the other (right) with burning herbs on his head; below, a monk being whipped as a punishment for promiscuity. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after B. Picart after J. Nieuhof.
  • A father has died and is mourned by his wife and children, as his eldest son returns from the wars, distraught by his arrival too late to see his father alive. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1781, after J.B. Greuze.