Invalid Collection (#9)

The Hospital, plate 15 from The Miseries and Misfortunes of War
XIR172408 The Hospital, plate 15 from The Miseries and Misfortunes of War, engraved by Israel Henriet (c.1590-1661) 1633 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Callot

The Healing of the Blind (engraving)
5224502 The Healing of the Blind (engraving) by Leroy, Paul Alexander Alfred (1860-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Healing of the Blind)

Getting Better, 1876 (oil on canvas)
CH251491 Getting Better, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 103x91 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Home the Return, 1866 (oil on canvas)
CH136656 Home the Return, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Egley, William Maw (1826-1916); 76.2x124.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Tea for the Invalid (b / w photo)
5989818 Tea for the Invalid (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tea for the Invalid. The first essential is to make the tray dainty and gay)

American author Helen Keller, reading a braille book to children at the School for the Blind, London
6015421 American author Helen Keller, reading a braille book to children at the School for the Blind, London, 1932 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Christ curing the Blind, Mark VIII, 25 (engraving)
6005738 Christ curing the Blind, Mark VIII, 25 (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ curing the Blind, Mark VIII, 25)

Once Upon A Time - children reading and the power of imagination (colour litho)
5999183 Once Upon A Time - children reading and the power of imagination (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The blind, education and work (litho)
6013617 The blind, education and work (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The blind, education and work)

St Dustans Lodge, Regents Park, London (photo)
5996688 St Dustans Lodge, Regents Park, London (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Dustans Lodge, Regents Park, London)

Some branches of business life in which the blind have been trained to proficiency (b / w photo)
6008291 Some branches of business life in which the blind have been trained to proficiency (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Advert, James Smith & Sons, Baby Carriages
Advert, James Smith & Sons, the largest, best, and cheapest makers of Bassinette Baby Carriages, Mail Carts and Invalid Chairs in Bristol and the West of England. 1893

Her Pensioner
LLM459965 Her Pensioner by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Her Pensioner. Illustration for Chatterbox annual (Wells Gardner)

The Blind Restored to Sight (engraving)
604087 The Blind Restored to Sight (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blind Restored to Sight - advert claiming " recent cases of blindness)

Taylor, a blind shoemaker (engraving)
664708 Taylor, a blind shoemaker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Taylor, a blind shoemaker, at the wall by Whitefields Chapel, Tottenham court road)

Blind beggar attended by a boy (engraving)
664700 Blind beggar attended by a boy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind beggar attended by a boy. From a drawing made in West Smithfield)

A blind chaunter of the old ballads (engraving)
664724 A blind chaunter of the old ballads (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A blind chaunter of the old ballads)

A blind beggar well known at fairs near the metropolis (engraving)
664699 A blind beggar well known at fairs near the metropolis (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wilberforces School for the Blind (engraving)
665820 Wilberforces School for the Blind (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wilberforces School for the Blind)

Ms 558 f. 21v Historiated initial depicting the Conversion of St. Paul, detail from a missal, early 1430s (vellum)
ALI154054 Ms 558 f.21v Historiated initial depicting the Conversion of St. Paul, detail from a missal, early 1430s (vellum) by Angelico

St. Filippo Neri Curing Pope Clemente VIII
SCP53964 St. Filippo Neri Curing Pope Clemente VIII by Cortona, Pietro da (Berrettini) (1596-1669); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Ms Fr 9140 fol. 120v A doctor performing a urine analysis
CHT236780 Ms Fr 9140 fol.120v A doctor performing a urine analysis, from Livre des Proprietes des Choses by Barthelemy l Anglais, 1480 (vellum) by French School

The Woman of the Invalides, from Les Femmes de Paris, 1841-42 (colour litho)
XIR234135 The Woman of the Invalides, from Les Femmes de Paris, 1841-42 (colour litho) by Geniole, Alfred Andre (1813-61); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; French

Patients at the Hotel des Invalides, 1809-11 (w / c on paper)
CHT236373 Patients at the Hotel des Invalides, 1809-11 (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

The blind Hermit
LLM338792 The blind Hermit by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The blind Hermit. Paynes Universum (1847).); © Look and Learn

Christ healing the blind
LLM338929 Christ healing the blind by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ healing the blind)

Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very near the Wall
STC255130 Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very near the Wall, from The English Spy, by Charles Molloy Westmacott (1788-1868) published London

Caleb painting the front of a desirable mansion, from the Cricket and the Hearth
LLM454487 Caleb painting the front of a desirable mansion, from the Cricket and the Hearth by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Polling, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated
STC451173 The Polling, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

A Mans Head Bandaged, his left ear separately rehearsed (black & red chalks on paper
449364 A Mans Head Bandaged, his left ear separately rehearsed (black & red chalks on paper) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641); 25.7x19.3 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Children playing blind mans buff (chromolitho)
730180 Children playing blind mans buff (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children playing blind mans buff)

The blind Appius Claudius Caecus speaking in the Roman Senate against Cineas, the ambassador of Pyrrhus of Epiris
3647102 The blind Appius Claudius Caecus speaking in the Roman Senate against Cineas, the ambassador of Pyrrhus of Epiris, 279 BC (engraving) by German School

Elymas the Sorcerer struck blind, Acts (engraving)
2812935 Elymas the Sorcerer struck blind, Acts (engraving) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elymas the Sorcerer struck blind, Acts)

Invalid child (chromolitho)
2811586 Invalid child (chromolitho) by Edwards, Mary Ellen (1838-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invalid child. Illustration for Golden Hours by Mrs Sale Barker with illustrations from designs)

A moving confrontation in court (colour litho)
2819131 A moving confrontation in court (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A moving confrontation in court)

Detail from the miniature from the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, Greek evangelists in miniature probably from Antioch of
3573849 Detail from the miniature from the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, Greek evangelists in miniature probably from Antioch of Syria or of Cesarea Palestina

Our Saviour cures the man borne blind (engraving)
2791998 Our Saviour cures the man borne blind (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Saviour cures the man borne blind)

Blind Jack plays his fiddle at the assembly balls (colour litho)
2792510 Blind Jack plays his fiddle at the assembly balls (colour litho) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind Jack plays his fiddle at the assembly balls)

Help the Blind (engraving)
2781039 Help the Blind (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Help the Blind. Illustration for Chatterbox (1889).); © Look and Learn

Nurses are having fun (Colour Litho)
2777743 Nurses are having fun (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The nurses are having fun)

Exceptional wedding (colour litho)
2777662 Exceptional wedding (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exceptional wedding)

An Heroic Fireman (engraving)
3634674 An Heroic Fireman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Heroic Fireman. Illustration for Chatterbox, 1870)

Sir John Fielding, the blind Bow Street magistrate (engraving)
3635122 Sir John Fielding, the blind Bow Street magistrate (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir John Fielding, the blind Bow Street magistrate)

Birmingham (engraving)
3655675 Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birmingham. Illustration for The Imperial Gazetteer, A General Dictionary of Geography (Blackie)

Born Blind (coloured photo)
3643419 Born Blind (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Born Blind. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

"When Night Sets In The Sun Is Down"(colour litho)
3093605 " When Night Sets In The Sun Is Down" (colour litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

A race... American (colour litho)
2808851 A race... American (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An American race)

Specimen of the Braille system of printing for the blind (litho)
2808334 Specimen of the Braille system of printing for the blind (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimen of the Braille system of printing for the blind)

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"Exploring the Invalid: A Glimpse into Historical Artwork and Advertisements" Step back in time to Aspidonia, a forgotten world of 1899, where historical artwork takes center stage. Marvel at the intricate details of Karl Pavlovich Briullov's masterpiece "Oedipe et Antigone, " as a young girl aids her blind father on their journey. Transport yourself to Inkerman Barracks in Woking, Surrey, where soldiers from World War I fought bravely despite their disabilities. Delve into the past with an advert for Carters wicker bath chairs and spinal carriages from 1916. Witness how these innovative contraptions aimed to provide comfort and mobility for those facing physical challenges. Flip through a page of Victorian adverts from 1890, capturing the essence of an era filled with progress and change. Experience poignant moments such as Maria Convalescing in her portrait, symbolizing resilience amidst adversity. Reflect upon the struggles faced by a blind Italian soldier during World War I and admire the dedication of Allenburys Nurse caring for invalids. Immerse yourself in art that tells stories - like "The Election III The Polling" painting depicting political participation regardless of physical limitations. Discover Rogers Invalid Stout, not just a beverage but also a testament to perseverance against all odds. Finally, witness the power of faith at Lourdes' Grotto of the Apparition in France; even invalids find solace here. These glimpses into history remind us that strength knows no boundaries - whether it be through art or everyday life – we can overcome any obstacle with determination and hope.