Complete or nearly complete lack of vision; visual acuity worse than 3/60

concept

The rear view of two teddies seated with their arms wrapped around each other and the message in French 'Love is blind. AIDS: Learn, Protect yourself!'; with contact details for the Aids Info SIDA in Brussels. Colour lithograph by René Demarets, ca. 1997.

The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.

A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.

Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.

Institution for the Blind, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Wood engraving.

William Taylor, a boy born blind, looking in a mirror after his sight had been restored by surgery. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1751.

The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.

The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.

Margeret M'Avoy, blind but with remarkable perception. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.

The parable of the blind leading the blind: six blind men walk in a line, the leader trips over, the second stumbles over him, the rest are set to follow. Process print after by P. Bruegel the elder, 1568.

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

Von der Augenheilkunde zur Zeit des Mittelalters / Carl Hans Sasse, Wolfgang Jaeger.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Mine øjne til honning / S. Ry Andersen.

Observations on hemeralopia; or, Nocturnal blindness, with cases, and practical illustrations / by Andrew Simpson.

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Blindness

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Images referencing Blindness

Works from the collections

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

Von der Augenheilkunde zur Zeit des Mittelalters / Carl Hans Sasse, Wolfgang Jaeger.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Mine øjne til honning / S. Ry Andersen.

Observations on hemeralopia; or, Nocturnal blindness, with cases, and practical illustrations / by Andrew Simpson.

Blindness

Images from the collections

Images referencing Blindness

Works from the collections

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

Von der Augenheilkunde zur Zeit des Mittelalters / Carl Hans Sasse, Wolfgang Jaeger.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Mine øjne til honning / S. Ry Andersen.

Observations on hemeralopia; or, Nocturnal blindness, with cases, and practical illustrations / by Andrew Simpson.

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