Blind Collection (page 3)

Schoolboys Dream of Christmas 1858
Victorian Schoolboys dreams of Christmas, including parlour games, mince pies, kissing under the mistletoe, entertainment and presents. Date: 1858

Merry Christmas! 1847
" Heaven Bless you Merry Gentlefolks let Nothing You Dismay, " Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and dance. 1847

Heston Type 1 Phoenix G-AESV, owned by Standard Telephonics at Brooklands. G-AESV was impressed into the Royal Air Force as X2891for No.24 Squadron; Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at

Two blind beggars playing stringed instruments. Date: 1890s

Duke of York - Stable Lads Boxing Tournament
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI), pictured with two contestants in the Stable Lads Boxing Tournament, which took place at the National Sporting Club in aid of St

Henrietta Hodson as Nydia the blind flower girl of Pompeii
Date: circa 1910s

Blind Basket-Makers in London 1871
Group of blind men weaving baskets in a London workshop. Date: 1871

HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN
A happy housewife cracks eggs in her stylish new fitted kitchen, with built-in cooker and oven - wow! Date: 1960s

BERLIN FREIKORPS 1918
The Freikorps take the Royal Palace in Berlin from the Spartacists. Date: 24 December 1918

WAKEFIELD FRUIT WOMAN
The Wakefield fruit woman and her blind daughter sell a variety of fruit and vegetables from their stall; unusually the daughter has short hair Date: 19th century

BLIND SASH MAKERS 1870
Blind boys making sash lines at the school for the Indigent Blind, St. George-in-the- Fields, London. Date: 1870

BEGGAR - CHARLES MACKEY
Charles Mackey, a black beggar, stands with cap in hand before an old stone cross. Date: Early 19th century

NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYA
Horomona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife Date: circa 1840

Game of Hot-cockles
A popular family game at Christmas, person blindfolded, knelt down with their head in someones lap, while guessing who was hitting them from behind! This was an early form of Blind Mans Buff

Blind Basket-Makers in London 1900
Blind basket-makers at work in Tottenham Court Road, London. Date: 1900

BUDDHA HEALS CHILD
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA (Enlightened One) he heals a blind child Date: 563? BC - 483? BC

MILTON DICTATES
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, dictates Paradise Lost to his three daughters. Date: 1608-1674

LACE SELLER
BOOTLACE SELLER - James Pearson, the blind laceman of London Date: circa 1830

Game of Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party
A game of Blind Mans Buff (or Bluff) at a childrens party in the early 19th century. Date: circa 1830

Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand

A blind man working a sewing machine, Rajasthan, India
A blind man working a sewing machine to make shirts. He squats on the ground in a street in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 3
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 2
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 1
Mahout rests on Raja, an old blind elephant, after giving him a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Russia - Blind Gusli Player
Russia - A blind Gusli player. The Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument, belonging to the zither family, with roots in Veliky Novgorod, a city in western Russian

de Havilland DH-106 Comet CIIR / C2R
Rae Blind Landing Experimental Unit Dh-106 Comet Airliner Flying on Final-Approach Date: 1958

Vickers 668 Varsity T-1
A Vickers 668 Varsity T-1 from the Rae Bedford - Blind Landing Experimental Unit Bleu Flying During Autoland Trials and Test-Flights Date: 1953

Hyam & Co, Oxford Street, London
Hyam & Co, school outfitters, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Cartoon - The Prussian Bully and Blind Side
WW1 - A German officer, or the " Prussian Bully" tries to get on the " blind side" of Holland, convinces the Dutchman that its a good idea to fortify their sea-front. Date: 1914

The Suffragette newspaper Holiday Campaign. Front cover of The Suffragette newspaper, official organ of the Womens Social and Political Union, no. 46, Vol. 1 Friday August 29, 1913

Dogfight between British and German planes, WW1
A dogfight between British and German biplanes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

His Other Eyes
A blind soldier sits and listens as a female companion reads from a newspaper or magazine, keeping him updated with news. This drawing was donated by the artist, Fortunino Matania

The Queen of Sheba: An Amusing Christmas Game
A reworking of blind mans bluff, in The Queen of Sheba the man must approach and kiss a selected girl whilst blind-folded; however the women take advantage of the mans blind-folded state

Helen Keller / Sullivan
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; being read to by her tutor, Anne Sullivan Macy

Helen keller as a Student
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968), American author and lecturer who was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of 19 months

The Blind Guitarist, 1778, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Blind Guitarist, 1778. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Aerial view of Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1965

Andrew Newton Jnr, World Champion middleweight boxer
Andrew Newton Jnr (1900-1980), World Champion middleweight blind ball puncher and boxer, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1920s

Great College Street, Camden Town, NW London, with the station bridge crossing above the road in the distance. Date: circa 1905

Cat with mouse in trap
A cat has caught a mouse in a trap. Another mouse plays a tune in the hope that the cat will release the mouse. Date: circa 1933

Planers and Mud Lamprey, Borer and Lancelet
Planers Lamprey (Petromyzon planeri), Mud Lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis or Petromyzon branchialis, also known as European River Lamprey, Blind Lamprey and Pride), Borer (Gastrobranchus coecus)

Hanoi, Vietnam - A blind street fortune-teller predicting future fortunes... Date: circa 1910s

Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans Buff
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Attack on Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia from 18621890 is almost assassinated by Ferdinand Cohen-Blind, a democrat who hoped to prevent a war among the German states

Nikolai Ostrovsky
NIKOLAI OSTROVSKY Russian writer : though blind and paralysed he wrote an optimistic autobiographical novel

Homer with Young Boy
Homer, the blind Greek poet, is guided on his travels by a young boy

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