Caption:
Costume of a beggar, 17th century, reign of King Louis XIII of France. In ragged plumed hat, torn cape, ragged coat, pantalons, gaiters and wooden clogs, with begging cup, staff and dog. Mendicant. Regne de Louis XIII. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.