Old age and poverty, 15th century, (1849). Creator: H Moulin.

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Old age and poverty, 15th century, (1849). An elderly woman on crutches, representing old age, and a figure in rags with a begging bowl, representing poverty. 19th century illustration after a miniature in "Le Roman de la Rose" by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, in the British Library, London. From Volume 2 of "Le Moyen Age Et La Renaissance", (The Middle Ages and the Renaissance), edited by Paul Lacroix, artistic direction by Ferdinand Seré [Paris, 1849]

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