Blindness Collection

Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind. Date: circa 1850

John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission. Blind and Crippled Girls making artificial flowers. John Grooms vision for orphaned and disabled girls

Cock Pit / Hogarth
THE COCK PIT Satirical illustration showing blindness of man drawn into betting on match, and other debauchery

Blind Italian soldier - WWI
Italian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918

The funeral of Sir Arthur Pearson, 1921
A page from The Illustrated London News detailed the funeral of Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson (1866-1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher and benefactor of the blind. Date: 1921

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

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

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

Hogarth, The Cockpit - a satirical illustration showing the blindness of a man drawn into betting on the match, and other forms of debauchery. Date: 1759

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

John Dalton, English chemist and physicist
John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist, meteorologist and physicist, formulator of Daltons Law of Partial Pressures concerning gases in water

Fish Sellers - Cairo, Egypt. The taller gentleman on the left (holding the scales) appears to be blind. Date: circa 1910s

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

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

Jesus cures the blind man - John 9. circa 1688

Two Egyptian Arab Women, the lady on the right is blind. Date: circa 1910s

John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise lost. Colore
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. Epic poem in blank verse. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books

Jesus healing two blind. Codex of Predis (1476). Italy
Jesus healing two blind. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Sir Arthur Pearson on St. Dunstans Day, Trafalgar Square
Sir Arthur Pearson (1866-1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher, seen at his wifes stall in Trafalgar Square on St. Dunstans Day. Sir Arthur founded St

The Gift of Sight & Braille as only recreation of the blind
A picture drawn specially for The Sketch by Frank Reynolds, highlighting an appeal in 1914 to raise 30, 000 to complete the buildings at the Royal Institute for the Blind in Great Portland Street

Henry Fawcett (1833 1884) British economist, politician & Cambridge professor, accidentally blinded. Husband of Millicent Garrett Fawcatt

Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small

Lady giving beggar money
A well-dressed lady giving a blind beggar with an artificial leg sitting against a wall with a poster of St. Dunstans, the charity set up to aid servicemen blinded in the war. Date: 1930s

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man making a tray at St. Dunstans school established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men blinded during warfare &c. Date: early 1930s

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorders Have your blood tested. Poster promoting blood tests for syphilis. Date between 1936 and 1941

Gonorrhea causes blindness - arthritis, invalidism and misery It can be prevented and cured : For examination and free pamphlets go to your doctor or Dept. of Health clinic

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

China - Fuzhou - Junior Boys Blind School
China - Fuzhou (formerly Foochow) - a group of young children from the Junior Boys Blind School Date: circa 1910

Warm Ski-Wear
A model in warm, sensible ski- wear : Woollen gloves and a headscarf and sunglasses to protect her eyes from snow blindness! Date: 1930s

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Rich Wotherspoon with other blind boy scouts
Boys of the 2nd Berkley Boy Scout Troop, California, December 8 cluster round to feel the Eagle Scout badge of Rich Wotherspoon, 20. All the boys in the picture are blind

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Blind Malay Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Making Mattresses - Blind Workers, London
The Mattressmakers Song - Postcard produced by the Greater London Fund for the Blind. The charity was formed in 1921 by Sir Arthur Pearson to co-ordinate the raising of funds to improve the lives of

John Milton in his garden
John Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, sitting in his garden at the door of his house, while he dictates poetry

Black. Three Blind Mice. Charles Folkard. c. 1923. jpg
Three forlorn blind mice looking rather down on their luck

Blind Sudanese Dancer and Harpist
A blind Sudanese Dancer with a thin stick performs to the music of a younger musician with a hand-held harp

Blind Trainer with a Monkey (riding a white dog) - India
A blind monkey trainer with his small dressed monkey, who rides a white dog - India

Afghanistan - Blind Afghan boy & parents
A blind Afghan boy brought (by his parents) to the Mission Hospital at Peshawar with the hope of successful treatment. The parents apparently will now hear the Gospel

Work School for Blind
Men and women at a work school for the blind in Euston Road, London; some read Braille books, one man weaves baskets

Braille Press / 1920S
A 1920s Braille press

Braille Library
Reserve Braille library stock in the Paris, France headquarters, from which books are shipped in six languages to forty countries

Tobit is Healed
Tobit is healed of his blindness by the angel that his son Tobias met on his journey

Tobit is Blind
Tobit is blind, but bears his blindness with patience

Concepts / Angels / Raphael
The archangel Raphael advises Tobias to catch a fish which leaps out of the water to attack him, because with its gall he can cure the blindness of his father Tobit

Idols of Bible Times 4
Succoth Benoth - a hen - is the deity to which the heathen men of Babylon, in their blindness, bow down. (see Second Kings 17.31)

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