1-218-291 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Quinze-Vingts was a hospital for the blind in Paris. The name, meaning 15 times 20 (which equals 300) in the vigesimal system, referred to the 300 beds in the hospital. Part of a series called 'Paris Street Cries', by Bouchardon.