Blindness Collection (#8)

Portrait of blind African American man reading braille at the New York Association for
MNY380974 Portrait of blind African American man reading braille at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York

Blind news dealer, John Comuni, at his stand at 3rd Avenue and 18th Street, New York
MNY380967 Blind news dealer, John Comuni, at his stand at 3rd Avenue and 18th Street, New York, 1926 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Two blind / visually impaired boys playing with a tricycle
MNY380959 Two blind / visually impaired boys playing with a tricycle and red wagon at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York

Young blind / visually impared children with a female teacher in the nursery at the New
MNY380956 Young blind / visually impared children with a female teacher in the nursery at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York

The Five Senses (colour litho)
2795432 The Five Senses (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Five Senses. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations)

A November Day (engraving)
2788384 A November Day (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A November Day. Illustration for The Leisure Hour (1872)

Music lesson in a school for the blind (colour litho)
2782348 Music lesson in a school for the blind (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Music lesson in a school for the blind)

The Blind Pedlar (oil on canvas)
1766657 The Blind Pedlar (oil on canvas) by McGregor, Robert (1848-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blind Pedlar. Robert McGregor (1847-1922)

Blind Basket-Makers (engraving)
1625945 Blind Basket-Makers (engraving) by Herkomer, Hubert von (1849-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind Basket-Makers)

Asylum for the Blind at Brighton, opened on Tuesday (engraving)
1619873 Asylum for the Blind at Brighton, opened on Tuesday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asylum for the Blind at Brighton, opened on Tuesday)

London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read (engraving)
1616851 London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read)

The Blind receiving their Sight (engraving)
5223868 The Blind receiving their Sight (engraving) by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blind receiving their Sight)

Have pity for a poor blind man, 1914 (colour litho)
3102355 Have pity for a poor blind man, 1914 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Have pity for a poor blind man, 1914)

John Milton Composing Poetry (oil on canvas)
CHG28382 John Milton Composing Poetry (oil on canvas) by Bortarel, Leon (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Milton (1608-74)

The Conversion of St. Paul (oil on canvas) (b / w photo)
ALI104939 The Conversion of St. Paul (oil on canvas) (b/w photo) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Galleria Balbi di Piovera, Genoa, Italy; Alinari

Unseeing and Unseen, 1862 (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
652034 Unseeing and Unseen, 1862 (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Smallfield, Frederick (1829-1915); 59.1x74.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Unseeing and Unseen)

The Blind; Les Aveugles, (pen, grey ink and watercolour on paper)
651427 The Blind; Les Aveugles, (pen, grey ink and watercolour on paper) by Opitz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841); 42x35.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blind; Les Aveugles)

Beggar Woman with a Child (Blind Beggar with a Child); Bettlerin mit Kind
652949 Beggar Woman with a Child (Blind Beggar with a Child); Bettlerin mit Kind (Blinde Bettlerin mit Kind), conceived in 1907 and cast in 1930 (bronze with brown patina) by Barlach

The blind Oedipus being led by his daughter Antigone (colour litho)
6000269 The blind Oedipus being led by his daughter Antigone (colour litho) by Scheiner, Artus (1863-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: The blind Oedipus being led by his daughter Antigone)

Tobias embracing his mother and father before curing his fathers blindness (colour litho)
5226868 Tobias embracing his mother and father before curing his fathers blindness (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The late Mr W H Levy, the Celebrated Blind Teacher of the Blind (engraving)
5212959 The late Mr W H Levy, the Celebrated Blind Teacher of the Blind (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Mr W H Levy)

Madame du Deffand, blind (engraving)
5864425 Madame du Deffand, blind (engraving) by Carmontelle, Louis Carrogis (1717-1806) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond)

Blind news dealer, Fannie Lyons, at her stand at the south east corner of 7th Avenue
5890548 Blind news dealer, Fannie Lyons, at her stand at the south east corner of 7th Avenue & 34th Street, 1926 (b/w photo) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); Museum of the City of New York

A boy helping a blind man (colour litho)
3622149 A boy helping a blind man (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A boy helping a blind man)

Rouen: Blind Pierre (colour litho)
3621989 Rouen: Blind Pierre (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rouen: Blind Pierre, the Church of St Ouen)

Seventeenth century tapestry depicting the Blinding of the Sorcerer Elima
3565061 Seventeenth century tapestry depicting the Blinding of the Sorcerer Elima by Fevere, Pietro (Lefebvre, Pierre) (1579-1669); Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Marche

Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, c. 1888 (marble)
3432752 Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, c.1888 (marble) by Rogers, Randolph (1825-92); 139.7 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA; (add.info.: Nydia, the virtuous)

The Blind Fiddler (colour litho)
3641665 The Blind Fiddler (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blind Fiddler. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Indian Children Working as Guides for the Blind and Running Errands (chromolitho)
735621 Indian Children Working as Guides for the Blind and Running Errands (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Homer playing the lyre (chromolitho)
730041 Homer playing the lyre (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Homer playing the lyre.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Jesus heals The blind man (colour litho)
2799797 Jesus heals The blind man (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus heals The blind man. Illustration for Histoire Sainte (Guerin, c 1890)

Putting the glass to his blind eye... exclaimed I really do not see the signal (colour litho)
2796960 Putting the glass to his blind eye... exclaimed I really do not see the signal (colour litho) by McCormick, Arthur David (1860-1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hartshorns Self-Acting Shade Rollers (chromolitho)
3105232 Hartshorns Self-Acting Shade Rollers (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hartshorns Self-Acting Shade Rollers)

John II of Aragon and Navarre undergoing a cataract operation (chromolitho)
3100699 John II of Aragon and Navarre undergoing a cataract operation (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The blind bootlace seller (engraving)
604043 The blind bootlace seller (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The blind bootlace seller; from London Labour and the London Poor)

The blind mother
LLM338466 The blind mother by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The blind mother. Paynes Universum (1847).); © Look and Learn

Death of Samson
LLM339337 Death of Samson by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Samson. Browns Self-interpreting Family Bible)

The Conversion of St. Paul (oil on canvas) (detail of 355364)
483294 The Conversion of St. Paul (oil on canvas) (detail of 355364) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Galleria Balbi di Piovera, Genoa, Italy; Alinari

Miraculous healing of a blind woman, Marie Carteri, on the tomb of Deacon Francois de
CHT382716 Miraculous healing of a blind woman, Marie Carteri, on the tomb of Deacon Francois de Paris at the parish cemetery Saint-Medard in Paris (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School

Christmas Entertainment at the Normal College for the Blind, Norwood (engraving)
1050209 Christmas Entertainment at the Normal College for the Blind, Norwood (engraving) by Macquoid, Percy (1852-1925); Private Collection; (add.info)

Blind man, who never tasted gin in his life (engraving)
664705 Blind man, who never tasted gin in his life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind man, who never tasted gin in his life)

Tall blind beggar, with a long staff (engraving)
664701 Tall blind beggar, with a long staff (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tall blind beggar, with a long staff, with which he strikes the curb-stones)

Children playing blind mans buff at Christmas time (chromolitho)
668350 Children playing blind mans buff at Christmas time (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alms giving (engraving)
666370 Alms giving (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alms giving. Illustration from Modern Art, Second Series edited by James Dafforne (Virtue, c 1880)

Nelson and the Signal at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 (engraving)
671115 Nelson and the Signal at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nelson and the Signal at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801)

Buy a lace off the poor blind mind (coloured engraving)
558386 Buy a lace off the poor blind mind (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Buy a lace off the poor blind mind)

Tobias Receives his Fathers Blessing, 1860 (oil on canvas)
BOO185071 Tobias Receives his Fathers Blessing, 1860 (oil on canvas) by Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; French, out of copyright

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Blindness, a profound condition that transcends time and cultures, has been depicted in various forms of art throughout history. From Simeon in the Temple by Rembrandt to Oedipe et Antigone by Karl Pavlovich Briullov, these masterpieces capture the struggles and triumphs of those who navigate life without sight. In 1668-1669, Rembrandt's Simeon in the Temple portrays an elderly man with impaired vision seeking solace within sacred walls. His blind eyes reflect wisdom gained through a lifetime of experiences. Louis Braille, the brilliant inventor behind raised-point writing system for visually impaired individuals, revolutionized education for countless people worldwide. His innovation empowered them to communicate and learn independently. The John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission stands as a testament to society's efforts to support those affected by blindness. This organization provided care and opportunities for blind individuals during challenging times. Karl Pavlovich Briullov's painting depicts a heartwarming scene where a young girl guides her aging father with visual impairment. The bond between them is evident as she selflessly aids him on his journey through life. Even war could not extinguish the resilience of blind soldiers like the Italian soldier from World War I. Their courage serves as inspiration despite facing unimaginable hardships on both physical and emotional levels. Luigi Groto, an Italian poet who lost his sight later in life due to illness, continued creating beautiful verses despite his darkness. His poetic spirit shines brightly even when surrounded by shadows. Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria under an electron microscope reminds us that they are also be caused by diseases such as trachoma—a preventable yet devastating ailment affecting millions around the world today. Artistic depictions like The Waters of Lethe remind us that blindness is not limited to physical sight alone; it can also manifest metaphorically as forgetfulness or loss of memory.