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Blind

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Persons with Visual Disabilities

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Images from the collections

Images about Blind

75 images from works
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Asylum for the Blind, Brighton.
  • Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Engraving, 1834, after H. West.
  • A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Photographic postcard by ND after Jean Turcan, 192-.
  • Squamous cell carcinoma, mouse eye
  • Belisarius as a blind old man with a stick, leans against a column with broken masonry around him and stretches out his hands: he is watched by people in the background. Engraving by R. Strange after S. Rosa.
  • Institution for the Blind, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Wood engraving.
  • A procession of allegorical figures representing honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich, engraving by Philipp Galle after Heemskerck, 1563.
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.

Works from the collections

103 works

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    Little Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge: exterior with a blind man begging for alms. Etching by R. Farren, 1880.

    Farren, Robert, 1832-approximately 1894. | Date: 1880 | Reference: 730485i
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    A sitting blind beggar sells 'love sonnets' to obtain money with a boy. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 30 April 1816 | Reference: 16450i
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    Christ healing two blind men outside Jericho. Engraving by G. Chasteau after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. | Date: [1673?] | Reference: 34073i
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    The blind man / lines written for and composed by Benj. Judd Jr.

    Judd, Benj. | Date: [1870?]
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    Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 30 May 1816 | Reference: 16451i

Related topics

Persons with Visual Disabilities
Beggars
Schools
Blindness
London
Dogs
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Hats
Blindness
Carriages and carts

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