Assistance dog trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles

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.

A procession of allegorical figures representing honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich, engraving by Philipp Galle after Heemskerck, 1563.

A blind beggar walks past two figures guided by his dog with a begging bowl. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.4 x 12.5 cm

What you see when you can't see : how blindness helped one woman discover the true beauty of life / Zena Cooper.

Blindness ephemera. Box 2.

Can you help raise the next generation of guide dogs? / Guide Dogs.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 18.5 x 11.6 cm

Christ cures a blind man with a guide dog. Engraving by P.P. Bouche.

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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.

What you see when you can't see : how blindness helped one woman discover the true beauty of life / Zena Cooper.

Blindness ephemera. Box 2.

Can you help raise the next generation of guide dogs? / Guide Dogs.

Christ cures a blind man with a guide dog. Engraving by P.P. Bouche.

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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.

What you see when you can't see : how blindness helped one woman discover the true beauty of life / Zena Cooper.

Blindness ephemera. Box 2.

Can you help raise the next generation of guide dogs? / Guide Dogs.

Christ cures a blind man with a guide dog. Engraving by P.P. Bouche.

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